So we are just kicking back in a very pretty bay in Grenada these days. True Blue Bay is bordered by St. Georges University on the west side and True Blue Resort and some high end housing on the east side.

Today we have the v-berth in the forward cabin torn apart trying to figure out why one of the two pumps on the watermaker has quit working. In the course of taking everything apart, we discovered we still have a leak at the bow and spent the next 20-minutes sucking up water and drying out the hull. The resulting next project from this discovery is to remove the lifelines and rebed all of the stanchions in sealant, then replace the lifelines. I guess that will be a good time to install the netting I have been putting off!

Just as we were finishing that up a gust of wind kicked up, as it usually does throughout the day. However, something about it made Chloe sit up and look around as if something unusual had happened. As distracted as we were, we paid little attention to Chloe and went back to tinkering with the watermaker.

About half an hour later, as I was getting the freshly baked bread out of the bread maker, I spotted a bright blue and pink thing behind some rocks on the other side of the bay. I was just about to continue on, when I decided I should investigate further. It was when I went out into the cockpit to get a better look that I realized my Floaty was gone! It didn't take long for me to figure out it had been kidnaped by the wind! The wind had carried it to one of it's hidey holes that it and the sea had carved out of the rocky bank over many, many years.

A rescue operation was immediately organized, the dinghy was launched and with a dock line and the boat hook Barry and I were on our way! We couldn't really get close enough to use the boat hook and neither of us had swimsuits on, so getting in the water wasn't really an option. Barry came up with the idea of tying a really big and heavy knot at the end of the dock line and throwing it into my Floaty. I missed the first throw. The second landed in my Floaty, but we tried to pull it too fast as we were trying to maneuver the dinghy away from some rocks and the rope came out. However, it moved my Floaty just enough that it was now out from behind a big rock. My next throw was spot on and my Floaty was pulled safely into the dinghy!







Back at the boat, my Floaty is now securely tied to the back to Smart Move and we are back (well Barry is) continuing to tinker with the watermaker. He has just decided to change out the pump with a spare we have on board. Keep you fingers crossed!