Friday, December 20, 2019
Cave Cay Marina, Bahamas
25.54.467N
76.16.305W


Finally, good news on several fronts.  First, we survived the “big blow!”  It was howling and raining for all it was worth when we went to bed last evening and, if you can believe it, it got worse during the night.  For some reason, we never got up to see just how high the winds were (I’m sure they were every bit of 40kts) but we were content to lay in our bed and ignore it as we felt safe.  (I know you’re dying to know this but do you remember Jane Seymore being in Battlestar Galatica?  I didn’t.)


Sonia, our neighbor, had asked when we first met if we thought we were all being overly cautious by coming in here but this morning we were all glad we did.  Apparently, outside the marina has 6’ waves crashing.  Nope, we made the right decision!  In here we’re moving around a little bit but nothing to write home about.  Besides, after listening to this morning’s weather, I think we’re going to be here for a while, at least the next week. 

This is what it's supposed to look like.                   This is what it did look like.

Second, Dale tore the connection to the hot water heater apart and found a more than well worn elbow connection (hopefully, the photo I took of it will appear at some point and you can see why it kept coming off).  He suspects that it was original to the boat considering how worn it is and dah, tah-dah dah, he had a spare that fit it perfectly!



He also used some of the suggestions that the tech people from the watermaker company had provided and has learned that our watermaker motor is still functioning properly; sort of.  He’s changed the oil once more and the breaker is no longer tripping but he still hasn’t been able to get pressure as yet, so the saga continues, as he says he’s not going to tear the motor apart until he knows he can get parts. 


On another front, “Shark” appeared to be looking at getting water to the pier today.  Haven’t seen him since but who knows?  Maybe by the time we leave.  Its island time mon. 


I busied myself trying to get an internet connection.  First inside the boat, then out in the cockpit, then on one level of the marina building, then on another, so far, no joy. 


I came back to the boat and folded the laundry from yesterday, which surprisingly dried well, in spite of the humidity.  Maybe its just relative. 


The wind has picked up again this evening and we’ve added another fender to keep us from smacking into the dock.  Dale had run a line to the opposite side to keep us off when we first came in but this causes us to rock back and forth hitting the finger pier.  Right now we have 15 kts gusting to 24 but really not too bad considering what it could be doing to us.