The outboard is still dead and the navionics charts aren’t working… plus, we’re running out of time on our Visa and really don’t want to get kicked out of the country. Still, boat life AFTER things break, go wrong, or turn out other than we planned, continues…
This week, we move a little further South down the Exumas (although we’re going too have to cut it short – and cut it short soon) so that we can get into the Customs Office in Georgetown on Great Exuma to extend our Cruising Permit and check in with Immigration.
Safely anchored at Big Farmers Cay (and later at Rudder Cay), I take advantage of some quiet time to get some chores accomplished – making water, reconfiguring the PredictWind DataHub and Iridium Go! Exec, submitting administrative paperwork, and making arrangements for a new (fingers crossed) outboard engine. Heather and Mark go looking for turtles (and the footage they return with makes me jealous 🫤).
We’re doing what we can to remain balanced and live in the moment. Still, there’s some stress in the margins… But, we’re fortunate to have good friends nearby… the kind of friends who drop their own plans, extend a tow rope from their Panga, and tow our dinghy around on an excursion as if nothing was wrong.
And what an excursion! We explore sea caves, check out one of the cut beaches, go in search of David Copperfield’s “Mermaid 🧜♀️ Piano,” and discover a secret Nazi submarine base. What’s not to love about Boat Life (even AFTER things break)?
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