Gay left on Tuesday to attend the Natural Foods Expo (Expo West) in Anaheim California and was lucky enough to get through both the West Palm Beach airport and Atlanta in spite of all the air disruption caused by the severe storms in the southeast. Ken, on the other hand, got to stay in Palm Beach for a record 24 hour rainfall.
Initial diver report is that the boat will need hauled in order to fix the bow thruster; as it appears that the prop was "broken" off in a way that cannot simply be fixed underwater (like it was the last time). Ken will continue to evaluate the options, but is likely to wait to have the boat hauled until it is back in Oriental. Big decision as we have become quite accustomed to the ease of having a bow thruster. Without it, docking will certainly be a little more difficult.
Ken also had a mechanic do the 250 hour service on the engine and was very pleased with the outcome. While Gay is gone Ken will get the boat stocked up and "plan" the next leg of the trip.
On a completely unrelated note:
Gay is having a problem at the Expo covering up the black eye she got one of her first nights on the boat (stumbling to the head in the dark). Between that and a bunch of bruises on her right wrist from the shower seat in the foward head falling on her arm, it almost looks like she is training for triathlon again. Oh wait, she is supposed to be doing that since she signed up for one in August!
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