Saturday January 10 Day 139

We were suppose to be in Key Largo today for a week. Instead we are still in Black Point Marina. Trish saw the Sergent on Thursday. He did a C T Scan and decided it would have to be an operation.

He wanted the swelling to go down before he operated so the operation will be this coming Thursday. We will stay here until Trish gets her stitches out on the 23rd. We will then go to Fort Lauderdale for my sister's visit. We will put the boat somewhere and come home. At the end of April we will come back and bring Irish Mist home.

We will miss The Bahamas, but the rest of the trip will be intact.

Here is a picture of the ankle and Trish's new ski boot.

Good morning from Culter Bay/Black Point

We now believe all problems with Irish Mist are fixed and the oil, filters and impellor are changed.

We will remain here for awhile to fix Trish's broken ankle. Hopefully we will see a specialist today. Yesterday we had an X-ray done and a temporary cast put on.

More to follow.

time for an update and some Animal Pictures

The never ending saga of our pumps continues. As I have said we came in on Saturday with a leaky macerator pump. then we discovered the fridge/freezer pump was not working. As we replaced it with the wrong kind of pump by the way we blue a fuse, but did not know it.  It took a while to find the blown fuse and when we did the freezer still did not work.

Yesterday two refrigeration guys showed up and took a look. The decision was we need a new compressor unit. I called Seafrost in New Hamshire and ordered a compressor unit and the proper pump. These items are to arrive today and the refrigeration gentlemen said they would have us out of here by Friday.

Meanwhile it is really hot. this morning when we woke up it was 66, but with 100% humidity it felt like 80. I decided to take a walk to find Manatee. I found no Manatee but did find the following.

A school of fish

A flock of birds.

Two Iquanas

Problems with Irish Mist continue

Last Thursday we discovered the forward Macerator Pump was leaking. We have not used it but it was it was leaking. The leak was very small but needed to be fixed. 

When we could not find a place in The Keys to go untill next week I decided to find a place to get the fix done. I called Black Point Marina who said they had room and a machanic. We booked two days.

Barry fixed the Macerator leak then worked on the refrigeration. We bought a pump we thought would work at West Marine. After finding a blower fuse we got the pump going. The fridge is fine now but still have a problem with the pump and the freezer.

Hopefully the freezer will be ok and while Barry is changing the oil we will find the correct pump.

More to follow.

Some where now here is the fredge/freezer pump.

Saying Good By

All good things must come to and end. Trish and I had the best time of our lives with all our children and their children and love ones. Trish and I consider all to be our children. We have never been happier with our lives and family.

Christmas 2014 Dinner

A wonderful time was had by all

Dec 25 Christmas Day

Since we had all gone to Mass on Christmas Eve all we had to do on Christmas was open presents and cook a turkey or two. We decided on two small turkeys rather then one big one.

after presents it was decided we would go for a sail. Actually we motored due to number on board and time constraints. It was a little bouncy on the ocean which caused some discomfort, but no one got sick.

In order to get to the ocean we had to go through two opening bridges. On our return we needed to to the same.

As we got out into the ocean proper we had a visit from the coast guard. They came up from behind and appeared to be counting life jackets. Trish Kelly and I had our inflatable jackets on while all the grand children were wearing children's jackets courtesy of Kakawi the yacht beside us. They counted the jackets then speed off without actually talking to us.