16 May 2009 And we're off

Up anchor and the new chain we fitted last week and out of the bridge bound for St Barts. Not so fast. It's a boat, there's a hiccup. Almost quite literally a hiccup because the engine won't reach full revs. There could be a fuel feed problem because David has fitted a new diesel filter to ensure the fuel that reaches the engine and generator is clean and trouble free. We'll stay overnight at anchor in Simpson Bay while he goes through all the stages of eliminating each possible fault. He also donned dive kit and scraped the hull clean.