We started this trip from Palmas del Mar to Puerto del Ray, PR for a 25 mile shake down start. Motored the whole way. Could not get the engine to come up to the right rpm's. Park and I tried adjusting the throttle cable with some success, but still not right. When we came into the huge (1000 slip) marina Tom found that the throttle was stuck wide open. A emergency 360 turn was in order, poor Park was on the throne when this happen, and Kevin and I jump down to manually adjust the throttle. We were all safe and later realized that the mechanic had adjusted the cable bracket too far down.

We left the next morning about 7:30 am headed for Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas. Wind was predicted to be from the East/Northeast at 9 to 14 knots, we had wind from the Northwest at 5 to 10 knots, right on the nose. We started the moter and kept going. An hour into our run the engine overheat alarm goes off. Found the fan belt broken and in the bildge. Tom and I did a Nascar repair in minutes and had us back underway. Had to motor for the first two days.