After Juan fixed the shaft (he aligned the motor raising its feet) and repositioned the bracket on the auto-pilot we thought we were good to go. We stayed in Salinas, swam in the mangroves in Cayo Matias and decided to do a stop over in Caja de Muertos before coming to Gillighan's Island to spend the night.
As we were circling the anchorage in Caja de Muertos trying to choose the best spot, the alarm of the engine started to ring. We opened the jib and turned off the engine. The wind was really weak but from the West (it blew WSW the whole day), a very unusual pattern and the seas were very calm. So I turned the boat away from the anchorage and slowly sailed it while Juan went down to see what had happened. The seal he had placed on the engine had failed and ALL the oil had leaked to the pan. So he collected it and put it into a bottle, opened the cover, saw that the rubber seal was damaged and made a makeshift seal with the paste, covered it again and filled the engine with oil. Of course, now we need to wait to see if it worked. So we sailed all the way. I am sure the people in the anchorage thought we were showing off coming through the reefs and anchoring, all under sail, little do they know
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