That was a lot of our last week. We were 3 days in Nanny Cay while a
refrigeration technician tried to improve the performance of our
freezer. He tried everything, but it doesn't chill any better than
before.
So we got out of Nanny Cay and spent a couple of days anchored off
Norman Island which was much more pleasant. We really enjoy the
anchorage over there with a snorkeling reef right off the back of the
boat. On that small reef we've seen turtles, lots of snapper,
sergeant majors, an assortment of wrasses and reef fish, and for
toppers, Fay saw a 10' nurse shark (friendly kind).
But we moved to the Bitter End yesterday to pick up parts for the
autopilot, and misc other pieces that Lyman Morse sent us. Today I
fixed the autopilot, at least I hope I did. The rudder reference unit
failure was a intermittent, but mostly not working and now it seems to
be working. We'll give it a good test on Tuesday. I also got out the
vice for the first time and twisted and pounded a chain hook back into
shape (I bent it during a midnight anchoring exercise - another story).
I did find out that the old New Morning is on the cover of the
February issue of Sailing magazine. And a picture of us may be on the
Cruising World web site in the next 5-10 days, possibly followed by a
full article in the May issue.
One of these days I need to post some new pictures and update the
systems information, particularly the electrical story now that we're
getting some experience off the grid with the wind generator and solar
panels.
Tomorrow Michelle arrives and we'll circumnavigate the BVIs with her
next week. We'll see the Baths, Norman Island, Jost Van Dyke (and
probably Foxy's), Green Cay and Marina Cay.
It's Superbowl time soon, and Fay is from Pittsburg so it's a big day.
