Back in business!

Our dinghy engine is fixed!!! How did we do it? Not to over-simplify the process, but we ordered the part to ship to Maker’s Air in Florida, filled out a ton of forms, chose how quickly (and expensively) we wanted it shipped, and awaited the flight! As our dinghy was just not able to get into town we were very fortunate to have multiple cruising friends offer assistance. The part was due to arrive Friday and as the crew of S/V Tortuga was heading into town for errands, they offered to grab the propeller for us! Even as the flight got delayed, they lingered in town...so awesome! The cruising community is wonderful! 

This is a good time to mention some “new” provisions I added to the bilge this year—cans of wine! We don’t carry bottles but I wanted to be able to thank anyone that helped us along the way (because boaters are always helping each other)...cans of wine to the rescue! I know, I know, the wine snobs are cringing at this (and my boxed wine), but you can get some decent wines in a can! Kim Crawford and Dark Horse come to mind...and a can of wine is like half a bottle, so we can give two cans of wine (and even mix a white and a red) instead of a bottle of wine to say “thanks!” We got to test this out Friday when we accepted our propeller from Tortuga and handed off two cans of wine—no broken bottles and smiles all around!

Of course, the dink was fixed just in time for a big, 2-day blow. We managed to squeeze in a little snorkeling and dinner at the yacht club before the winds really kicked up, but we will be boat-bound for a bit longer...just for weather now!