I have been saying that the true adventure this time would be the boat. I should have kept my mouth shut. We finally left the dock at 3:45 after much pushing and goading our buddy boat, Blue Phoenix. The wind was perfect and we were sailing at 6.5 knots on a broad reach most of the time, but as it got dark and we had some close encounters with a couple of large freighters, we turned the engine on and decided to stop at Solomon's island for the night. But the engine thought otherwise and started sputtering and stopping. We had the main up so we sailed on, let it cool, tried again, until we finally tied at a mooring ball in Zahneiser's marina. Our fuel is old and looks like chocolate. We tied at their working dock and will have it pumped out. Hopefully by midday we'll be able to start again. Blue Phoenix followed us and stood ready to lend a hand. Fortunately it was not necessary. They are dealing with their own gremlims, they have two autopilots and none of them worked!!
Some of the sexy sailors managed to come to Holiday Point Marina to see us off and it was great.
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