I come out to the Exumas Sound via Farmer Cut at 8 AM. Winds were abeam, so I pulled out the jib and sailed for about 4 hours, followed by an hour and a half of Motoring. I came back in through Rat Cay cut and anchored off Boysie Cay, just south of Rat Cay.
It was a beautiful anchorage with a beach, and I was the only boat around. I was going to change.
My impeller, but the beach was so lovely,
I decided to dinghy to the beach and wash. On the way back, the tilt mechanism broke. A nut holding the pivot arm sheared off. According to Norm, it happened before. Fortunately, it was not critical, and I was able to dinghy back. It wouldn't have been a pleasant experience to paddle back. And nobody was around.
I returned to Bellum and decided against changing the impeller, given my isolation; if something went wrong, I would be completely alone. I chatted with Chris and Norm, and it was 5 PM, so I popped a beer.
The sunset was amazing.
Supper was pork tenderloin on the grill.
The next morning was so lovely that I decided to spend the day here instead of rushing to Georgetown, where I would stay until Norm's arrival in 17 days. The only reason to rush was that the weekend would be windy and Georgetown would be much better protected.
I took it easy in the morning, and in the afternoon, I changed the impeller, which apparently had 1100 hours on it. I also tightened the shaft packing again.
A Hunter with a Canadian flag came into my harbour but left after a couple of hours.
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