Clearly the skipper was not happy to see Natalie and Erin leave. Apparently the boat wasn’t happy either.

First, the dinghy outboard died. Of course it happened over the weekend when stores were closed and parts weren’t available. We used friends for transport ashore, and I used the extra time on board to update the blog.

The foot pump at the sink wasn’t cooperating either, so Trip replaced that. And we had picked up a replacement bracket for the raw water pump on the engine (it had failed last season and Trip had jury-rigged a temporary solution). Three more projects done.

Still to do:

Realign the engine shaft. Purge the air from the water system (no water pressure). Topping off the diesel and water tanks. And beginning to look for a weather window for our four to five day sail to Greece.
Paying just another portion of our paradise tax.

And since we were still in town, I made the most of our time at anchor and swam laps with neighbor Anouk each morning.