Making Repairs

March 11-16, 2011

We have been making progress with our repairs. The lazy jacks and second reefing line have been repaired. The safety bar in front of the stove has been reinstalled. The bilge pump alarm has been raised and a new switch for the lower bilge pump has been installed. I am slowly hand stitching the new zippers in the cockpit. We are still working on the bilge hose replacement which has become a more difficult job than expected.

The weather has been beautiful down here with temps in the high 70's low 80's. At night it cools off nicely. We had the skipper/minder of the custom boat next to us for cocktails tonight. We are not yet enjoying the beach as we are working on the boat. We are gleaning information of where to head to once we depart Nanny Cay. Since we have been to BVI twice before, we may not stay here long before heading south.

March 15-16

I have finished the zipper replacement and it works well. Charlie is still fighting with the upper bilge pump. He got the replacement hose attached and it worked, but the float switch had become un attached. By the time he finished working with it, neither it or the pump worked. After working to find the right wires for a whole frustrating afternoon, we called an electrician this morning but he has not yet appeared. Meanwhile Chas is putting in a new shower sump pump, but has run into difficulties with inadequate hose connectors. The old one needs a new diaphram but it is a 1987 model original with the boat. My galley sink becomes clogged and drains very slowly. It will all work out in the end but can be very frustrating in the interim!

Vinegar seemed to handle the sink problem. Charlie has installed the new shower sump pump, we have the dinghy in a hoist to lift it off the water to prevent it being stolen. An electrician figured out the bilge problem...one factor being too many old deleted wires still bundled together. We have reworked our deck prisms to try to stop their leaks. All the problems we know of have been fixed.

We were waiting for a package from the states, but will go to Virgin Gorda tomorrow and return to Nanny Cay for the package on Monday or Tuesday. the winds are brisk so we should have a good sail to North Sound.

I have added some pictures of Nanny CAy , its beach, views, and the pretty multicolored buildings.