Our Cuban mechanic, Miguel, took away the filter cover, last Saturday, because the thread was worn and the oil was leaking from those screws. He's coming back at midday to install the cover and with that we hopefully should be done with the leaks for a while. Juan reinstalled the autopilot, this time on the quadrant, and placed the rudder sensor on the a platform he made with my bamboo cheese board. Hopefully this time it will be able to manage the big rollers which we hope not to encounter.
The weather is already better today, the wind is dying down and it's a beautiful day. So tomorrow very early we leave, hoping to make it all the way to Turks and Caicos. On Friday morning there is another strong front, so we hope to have arrived on the banks by then.
They have opened a big supermarket here in Punta Cana, so we should be able to survive. We filled our propane bottle and discovered they fill them in the gas stations - actually propane gas stations - where they fill the cars with propane, which makes life much easier. I have lost count of the times we've run around places trying to fill our propane tanks or had to wait a week for the truck to come in. Georgetown, was the worst.
Juan is going to dive today to clean the propeller and rudder, I think it's mostly green slimy stuff rather than barnacles. I feel like going to the beach but I am sure Juan will find lots of stuff for me to do instead...
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