Well onto the massive jobs list. Yesterday we drained the diesel in the gap between the tanks. Today there did not appear to be any further leak, so a mystery as to where it came from. I suppose we should be grateful it does not still leak.
I fixed the saloon table supports which had broken off after we had been thrown against it on passage. We need to install a new tricolour/anchor light fitting as the original has been blown away. Plus as the nav lights failed a new light that shows both red and green and sits in the middle. The VHF seems to work on the emergency aerial so the connection at mast top must be faulty. I have the feeling that I shall have to spend some considerable time up there! The depth sounder is still U/S and the wind instruments are not right, only recording 10% of the actual speed. At least they show the wind angle. We have now decanted 5 out of 8 cans of fuel into the main tank with the balance to be done tomorrow. I also took off and the remixed the forecabin headlining trying to identify the leak that soaks the forecabonwhen we are bashing into heavy seas. I shall reseal the anchor locker forecabin bulkhead.
We hope to get our genoa back tomorrow after a small repair to the foot after our exploits in the Gulf Stream.
The radio experts here can't look at us for 2 weeks but then I hope they can sort most of our issues including the SSB. Luckily there is nowhere to go so we will still be here.
On the social scene we have met up with friends from UK whose boat is here and tomorrow meet up with a couple off the Blue Water Rally. Add to that our new US contacts and the fact that it is difficult or just expensive to move between islands so we may have a social group to be on for some time.