We listened to the cruiser’s net on the VHF radio this
morning. We asked if there was anyone
out there who knew anything about the Garmin Vision SD Cards for our
chart-plotter … the device that tells us where to go and how to get there. Before we left the US, we went to buy the
card for the Caribbean area (beyond the Bahamas). We told the guy what kind of GPS we had and he looked in his
computer and found us the card we needed.
Little did I know, he wasn’t actually looking up the accurate card but
was probably just closing his porn site so we couldn’t see it. He sold us the wrong card and it is not
compatible with our system. When we put
it in, it shows up blank. Actually,
we’re not sure if it’s the card itself or the card reader but in any case, it’s
not working. On the cruiser’s net this
morning, a couple of people had suggestions we can try. We will meet with them to discuss
further. We will need a working card
before we leave for places more tropical!
After a light breakfast of fruit (and oatmeal for Larry …
YUCK!!!), we dinghied into town. The
Bahamas Guide mentioned a couple of places with FREE Internet but we were
having trouble locating any. All the
places that were suggested were now secured connections. After searching several places, we found
FREE Internet at Eddie’s Edgewater Café.
Although it was only 11am, Larry ordered us a couple of beers and set me
to my Internet list. I didn’t have the
update … updated, so I will send this another day. While I surfed the web for various things (like checking
email/banking/etc), Larry did the manual chores. We have 4 5gal water jugs.
Georgetown has FREE water! We
were definitely going to take advantage of this. He dinghied back and forth and filled 11 cans worth into our
tanks. This topped off our main tank
and added a little to our small tank.
We are almost full. We will
probably top off again before we head out as FREE water is a good (and rare)
thing!
Larry came and met me at the café and we split a cracked
conch/fries. It turns out “free
Internet” isn’t exactly “free” because you feel guilty and always seem to buy
something. In total, we had 5 beer ($3.50
each) and the conch snack ($11.00) – Total $28.50
We were getting ready to head back to the boat when Larry
realized he couldn’t start the dinghy motor.
The little cap that goes over the button to prime the engine broke right
off. The past couple of days, it had
been leaking but today it failed completely.
We checked several places on the island but cannot find a
replacement. We met up with Ray &
Sandy from Megeran and they were nice enough to tow us back to our boat. They also are headed south so we’ll meet
with them over the next couple of days and see if our plans mesh at all.
Back on Soulmatie, Larry is filling the last 4 cans of water
and the 3 fuel cans we brought with us from the US into the tanks. Over the next day or so, we will work to
fill the fuel also. I’m sure everyone
in the anchorage must have heard his proclamation of joy when he was able to
start the dinghy motor without the primer option. We’re hoping this will work continually or we’ll have to
hitch-hike for free dinghy rides back and forth! Actually, we have a spare outboard with us so Larry was able to
take the cap off the spare motor and use it on the current motor we’re
using. We will see what we can do about
finding a replacement as we proceed south.
If we don’t have luck, we will order from the US and have it delivered
someplace.
While Larry finished up the manual chores, I updated this log for the past several days. I’ve been lax in keeping up … hey, I’m on vacation!
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