S/Y Babette Sails to the Caribbean

S/Y Babette sails to the Caribbean, carefully avoiding the Pirates, and then sails back again to Norway.

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Tuesday, January 03, 2006

No motor, no oars


We start the day in Bequia, another windy one, with a short dinghy ride to the pier. Except the motor won't go into gear. So we row. Except one of the plastic "oarlocks" isn't holding the oar. Meanwhile the pier is getting smaller and smaller, the outer edges of the bay and the Atlantic closer and closer. So we carefully row/drift into the "Maverick of Clyde". Rob, busy sewing a sail, diagnoses the outboard with half a glance. It's the split-pin. And it was.
Towed by "Pride of Africa" back to Babette, Ørnulf changes the pin, and lashes the oar into the lock with strips. (What was life like before strips?) And then we can go into town. To look for reserve split-pins.

1 comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Shannon & Ørnulf
Happy New Year. I received your card and couldn't help but feel at touch of envy. It would be nice to be lapping up the sun and warmth rather than trying to avoid slipping on the ice! I've enjoyed reading about your trip so far. You'll no doubt be in our thoughts at next week's meeting of the English/American club!!
best regards
Jacqueline

Friday, January 06, 2006 2:59:00 PM  

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