These guys are so skilled, they parked the crane with the vessel in the middle and carefully removed the boat stands as they placed the big belts that hold the vessel. I think they took like a couple of minutes to do this.Jerome, Smitty, Terence and I followed the big crane in the truck.
Once the crane was in the ramp with the boat, everybody sort of jumped out of the truck, hurriedly boarding the vessel. Terence jumped in the boat. Jerome jumped in and I got inside the boat once the yard guys placed a piece of wood for me to step on. They were about to lower down Apuej Bien to the water when Smitty jumped in. Somebody said “the truck, we can’t leave the truck in the middle there”. Well it was hilarious; Smitty jumped off and parked the truck somewhere out of the way, later on he would take the water taxi in order to bring it to the marina.
Once they lowered the crane, the boat was almost in the water, some lines were attached to the ramp, we placed some fenders; Jerome starts the engine. It did not sound well; hence the tense look in our faces, with the engine not making the right sound and the appearance of a storm forming in the distance (well we knew there wasn’t any storm but). We had about a mile and a half to motor into the marina and looking forward to doing it. To make a long story short, we did get in the water (see our faces once in the water).
Moving slowly, we successfully docked. Captain Jerome checked the engine and voila, the impeller was all crushed and he changed it. Always keep an impeller on board. The impeller pushes seawater through the engine to cool it.Fine, we had completed our first repair at the dock!
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Camille and Jerome new address is… Buoy # 7 NE corner of the bay, Trinidad. Send mail and bills with a pelican. :-)
My dear sister and brother in law.
I envy the time you are spending there and I will send you some sailing jokes I found on the net hoping to make things even better. Here is the first one... Fair winds family.
An old sea captain was sitting on a bench near the wharf when a young man walked up and sat down. The young man had spiked hair and each spike was a different color.... green, red, orange, blue, and yellow.
After a while the young man noticed that the captain was staring at him.
"What's the matter old timer, never done anything wild in your life?
The old captain replied, "Got drunk once and married a parrot. I was just wondering if you were my son!"
Great joke, I wish Apuej Bien could capture the mood...maybe later on, huh?
Are you really in the water now? Great. The kids found your location on the map. Well, Eduardo cheated by using his advanced google map skills. He is really fast with this feature, finding places and moving around in three dimensions.
Annette Loubriel
Dear Camille and Jerome;
I hope the boat preparations are under way without major issues. Remember that part of the fun is to make those changes to the vessel and feel proud later as you enjoy a more comfortable cruise. It is all part of the experience. Making yourself self sufficient at sea is the more important asset you have on your boat.
so, here is the silly joke of the day...
Love Ulisito
A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!"
"What do you mean?" the pirate replies, "I'm fine."
The bartender says, "But what about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Well," says the pirate, "We were in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the surgeon fixed me up, and I'm fine, really."
"Yeah," says the bartender, "But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands."
"Well," says the pirate, "We were in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship. I was in a sword fight and my hand was cut off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, and I feel great, really."
"Oh," says the bartender, "What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes."
"Well," says the pirate, "One day when we were at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye."
"So?" replied the bartender, "what happened? You couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird shit!"
"Well," says the pirate, "I really wasn't used to the hook yet."
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