Hi again from Emerald Bay. The wind has continued to blow and the seas have been lumpy most of the week. We’ve been catching up on boat projects and restocking the pantry.

We treated ourselves to lunch at the Four Seasons. Calamari Steak was something I hadn’t tried before and it was delicious. Dessert was a work of art. Billed as a brownie, the plate arrived with a spiral chocolate pipe bridging a mound or banana rum ice cream atop a raft of dark chocolate to a tepee formed of thin white chocolate. The warm brownie was hidden inside the white chocolate. Not the kind of desserts we’ve been making aboard Intuition!

Found the part for the head and, after another breakdown and rebuild, that is now working without leaks. Wayne and Jill on Born to Cruise rented a car and stopped at a shop where they found, of all things, a 6mm bolt. With this elusive bolt in hand, we know have zinc protecting the outboard!

We were able to help out the folks on Passport work on their zinc and autoprop. He was trying to change both with a snorkel. Offered the use of our hookah and he was able to stay under long enough to get the job done. It took close to 2 hours, so that would have been a long time to hold your breath.

With lots of help from Brenda, we are finishing up our taxes. The internet is back up and running here, so we were able to get scanned copies of the documents needed via email.

After dinner last night there was a special treat. The crew of Four Aces, Jet Stream and a couple of other boats were playing Blues and Bluegrass in the crew lounge. Two guitars and a mandolin made for a fun evening. Although they had only played together once before, they sounded professional and did a great job taking turns with the lead. The cruising community needs more live music.
We were going to leave this morning, but the predicted low formed further south than expected and the winds and waves are up again. Will stay here one more day. Confirmed that decision a few minutes ago when a Valiant, across the finger pier from us, attempted to leave and was blown into the bow pulpit of a power boat where the anchor caught his life lines. No real damage as a three of us managed to untangle them, but we don’t need any more excitement like that. One of the marina crew leapt aboard to help and was dropped off at the fuel dock on the way out.