Engine install part 1

Another day in the BVI's and it is pointless to discuss the weather,... as Jean has kindly answered our question: What color is snow?? ...with a photo of her brother's back yard in Truro... :

I guess her response is clear enough.... hehehe

Over the past few days the engine has arrived and we have manoeuvred it into the boat and into its new home in the engine compartment. It is sitting there now on a huge 6x6 block, from here we have to start lining it up and fabricating the way it will sit on the mounts, exhaust, etc etc so a few more days of pain to get to the point where we can actually start it... how ever small it seems it was allot of work an is real progress for us... which is great .... the down side is that the boat is a sea of engine bits and tools and it smells like diesel and petroleum but that will pass... and we will hear a rumble in the future... here are some photos if it arriving:

We are here almost a month and that of course meant a visit to immigration for our extension to stay here a while... no worries they were happy to have 2 more rag tag sailors that smelled heavily of diesel stay in their country... actually I think she just wanted us out of her office as fast as possible ...stamp pay 10 dollars each and ...out.... :) All is well

Over the past few days we had the pleasure of meeting a wonderful cruising couple, Captain and Mate, Thierry and Marine of the 85 foot sailing cat Sun Tenareze.

They are here at the docks with us, departing today and are planning to visiting Nova Scotia and the maritime provinces including Halifax during the months of June and July. We spent last evening passing on local information and phone numbers of the folks who helped us as well as talking about anchorages and yacht clubs, where to go and ideas for spending their time... I hope that when she visits you get a chance to see this big cat. She is one of the most beautiful vessels we have seen in a long time...

Ohh... and at 85 feet she is for sale so if anyone is in the market for a yacht like this I would be happy to put you in touch with Thierry and Marine to discuss the details... she is one of a kind...

We had a great evening and truly hope to meet and do it again some time in the future...,

Here are some photos of Sun Tenareze:

Apart from that all is well, ...missing Jean but we are counting the days...

Until more time passes ....Be Happy....

Passing Time...

Been a few days since we updated the blog...

We are fine and the Caribbean is beautiful,... however... it seems like we are all just passing time waiting for things to happen at this point in order to get moving...

old 61hp Peugeot Lehman engine is gone... found another engine, a used Yanmar 4JH3 TE which is a 75 hp turbo and we hope that it is in as good a shape as it appears ... did all the right tests and it passed so we have rolled the dice and the install will start this week... waiting...

Jean is still in Canada and will be there till the 20Th or so of Feb for a minor medical procedure... then she will be on a plane to here.... I miss her terrible .... waiting...

Mack is all set up on Skype and has invited Maggie to call him.... Waiting...

Jean is staying comfortably at her brothers while in Canada and she is bouncing off the walls wanting to be here as time passes .... waiting... (did I say Jean wants to be here already... ?)

But in all everything is well and time will resolve these little issues... in the mean time we are getting a bundle of little jobs done ...greasing thru-hulls, cleaning the spaces, cleaning the bilge, refurbishing a pump, cleaning the engine room - while there is no engine in the way... decks fridges bulkheads deckheads ladders cushions laundry.... we are keeping busy... to pass time...

We are on Skype it is a great asset... everyone should check it out ... and the cost to be able to call landlines and mobiles unlimited in the US and Can is great.... watch out phone companies...

Until time passes... be happy.... :) ...more later...

Engine Change Out

All is well here in in the BVI's.

We met a gentilman from bedford today and he knew a man who works at the perkins store here who is a military retiree and is living here on his boat and we called him and by chance knew him... and he put us in touch with my long lost brother in crime... it truely is a very small world,... any how we should soon be sharing a beer with this long lost sailor and perhaps be a step cl0ser to a new engine ...

Well the engine rear bearing became too involved to change so we have removed the engine and are now looking for another reconditioned engine to replace it with... So at this point we are engineless....

apart from that i checked to see if it might be snowing again to nite but all was well ... i didnt need to put my t-shirt on... :))) so all is well though there is some one that i am truely missing!!!! and hopefully she will be here soon...

apart from that how is the sailing season in Halifax .

Here are some pics of our engine leaving....

Village Cay Marina

All is well here as we clean and transition the boat from passagemaking to living on the hook and day sailing. We are putting in some pretty long days dispite how the photos look :))) ...

So far we have stripped and cleaned the forward head and cabin, the galley and the fridge, freezer and the starboard side of the main cabin... all emptied scrubbed down and polished then items sorted and repacked as we install all the things we had stored away for the warmer weather and kinder sailing...

We have also done some shopping and now have food and drink on board so that we can stay out of the hotel restaurant and eat on board for loads less cash...

Mack has scrubbed and cleaned the entire deck wood and fiberglass. What came out of the wood was amazing and it has now taken on almost a silky appearance... big change, we have also sorted and changed several lines and re-set how we handle several processes.

The old girl enjoyed the voyage and is now settling in very comfortably as we continue to deep clean re-sort and stow things ...half the inside left to go... but things are really starting to take shape...

I asked Mack to model the hammock for the pics and I think he glued himself to it....kidding ...i think... ...I would like to thank Alex for the Hammock and Brad for the awning they both fit and work beautifully... Thank you both.... just some of the things we had tucked away ...if you look really hard you may see the fishing pole over the stern and that out little patio lights are back up ...they are as nice or nicer than allot of the lighting ideas we see here and they don't blink like the string lights on the guys cat up the jetty.... red on red off green on green off red on...... there is an axe here somewhere.... anyhow....

Here are some photos of some of the work we are doing, and the results, and of where we are sitting here at the marina...