Ann on the way up to the ridge

Up above the anchorage looking out at the Pacific

And a rainbow for Charisma

We were going to leave today, but it was raining so hard this morning, we decided we’d stay. We’re in no hurry to leave this beautiful place. In any case, it gave us some time to do a few more boat projects. The most pressing was to find whatever leak has been causing the bilge to have more water in it than it should. I figured either a fresh water tank leak or the stuffing box. I marked the dipstick on the fresh water tank before we went to bed and checked it in the morning. No leak there. That left the stuffing box. Usually easy to check but when cruising, the lazarette is full of stuff and I have to completely unload it to climb down there and check the prop shaft/stuffing box. I’ve been putting that one off. The leak accelerated the project, so out came all the stuff and down I went. Sure enough, the drip, drip had the cadence of ½ second. It’s supposed to be more like one drip every 30 seconds at rest and once every 10 when running, so I loosened the locking nuts, tightened the box and screwed the lock nuts back down. Hopefully that’ll fix it. You feel a little helpless when you find more water in the bilge than is supposed to be there.

The sun finally came out around 1300, so we decided to go for a hike. More like a climb really, but first-lunch. We opened a jar of canned tuna that Orcinius gave us. They caught two Yellowfins about a week ago and canned a bunch of the fish. Wow. This is what canned tuna is supposed to taste like. We may have just become spoiled.

For the hike, we invited Orcinius (Lisa came, John had boat work) and Gotta Go (Bruce and Craig) who just got in today. Great hike. For those who have been here; we went to the beach at Daniel’s Bay, hiked up and to the right and followed the ridgeline around and out to the ocean. Stunning views of the sheer cliffs and mountains all around as well as the ocean complete with a rainbow in the midst of some passing squalls. On the way back, we collected some mangos off a tree we found. Looking forward to adding those to the breakfast menus.

Now we’re waiting for Gotta Go. They are coming over for cocktails and dinner. I’m making prawns in my coconut curry sauce and steamed bananas. All over rice. Busy, busy social calendar.