We awake to a picture perfect morning. The dinghy is dropped in the water and we head for the beach. After a little grazing for shells we head back and prepare to head to Rebak MarinaWe have reservations for moorage at this 5 star resort. We're ready for some rest in a nice quiet marina. Up comes the anchor. We're only an hour away. Nice day..light wind..looking good.
Too good! Suddenly the port motor makes a horrible noise and stops dead. The engine room is full of smoke. Hmm... not good. Okay then, we'll head in on one motor. We contact the marina and let them know "we have limited maneuverability". It's tricky docking a catamaran with one motor. The stress starts to mount. No worries! I tell Judy. Then...........You guessed it........The other motor overheats and must be shut down immediately! Hmm......Okay...maybe a little worry. We set sail to keep Freebird off the rocks to leeward (dramatically, the jib sheet rips the port hatch off the cabin and it sails out into the sea....). We can't sail into the marina. We need at least one motor. I don't know why there is no raw water cooling the engine but I come up with a plan (EverReadyDave.... to the rescue) (That's what i call Dave). I take the garden hose from the saltwater washdown pump and hook it to the engine cooling water intake. The engine is started and the saltwater pump is started . Voila! Now we have cooling water. We limp into the marina and dock without incident.

You might be wondering, why are we out here doing this?.... Today....so are we. Here we are with two broken motors. It's been a tough 4 days since we got back from Vietnam. We decide to take a break and relax. Put everything on the back burner. Well figure it out tomorrow. Freebird got a washdown and now we are sitting in the cockpit feeling the soft warm breeze....not thinking about tomorrow....
PS. Later that night.............. judy has about 100 + or- mosquito bites. There are 5 alone all around my navel, with 2 inside! It itched sooooooooo bad i attacked it with the scrub brush! I took a picture to post but Dave says way too much info......