January 21, 2015

January 21, 2105

By morning we got to see the beautiful clear water, with starfish and trigger fish below , all in 15 ft of water.

But it was hard to enjoy the beauty.

We blew out the fuel hose, no resistance, changed both filters again, only 16 hours on them, bld the lines and Modaki chugged back to life.  By 8am we called all 3 boats and said that we are running but don't exactly know what our problem is.

We all hauled anchor, with MISTRESS in the lead, then SANDERLING, MODAKI AND ALDERAAN following.

Little Bahama Banks is shallow, we are travelling in 10- 15 ft of water to Great Sale Cay for the night.

We can see the bottom of the ocean as clear as you can see your hand. So far we have seen a turtle, starfish and something big with 2 fins on its back.  Shark ??

2PM the motor is running good, all the hatches and 3 windows are open today, not a breathe of wind, only what we are making motoring 5.5 knots.

Joe polished all of our silverware, while I did watches … maybe a stress

reliever. .. we hung out clothes that needed dried.

I had my hand line, fishing, out but surveying what we are passing thru, sand and more sand, maybe 1 thousand acres with no grassy areas … , there was no fish to take the bait.

We made it to Great Sale Cay, 7 hours and 40 km … and not a sputter, we have been connecting the dots with what's happening to the motor etc. … we now believe we need to replace the fuel tank … maybe it is rusty inside and particles are clogging the lines.  Tomorrow we will put the engine to the test once again.

We had a swim off the boat, pork chops for supper and sat in the cockpit watching the stars.