May 29th
Allison Harbour for a second day
Our decision to remain here for a second day speaks volumes
for the importance of checking and rechecking weather conditions and using more
than one source. After reviewing the reports, it was clear that staying put for
one more day would be the right decision. We made the most of it.
Sometime during the early morning,
David discovered a blockage in the port fuel tank. We had plenty of fuel in the
starboard side tank to make it to Shearwater, where fuel would be available,
but fixing the problem was priority one.
After considering the possibilities, David went below and turned on the
engine, generator, and boiler to create the maximum vacuum possible and, by
golly, it worked! That problem was happily
checked off the list.
We partnered up to do some more
painting on the boat deck, and David had time to swap out the old winch cable
successfully. While David was still up above, and I was in the wheelhouse, a
crab boat arrived and was pulling up a stringer with several crab pots
attached. There were three on the boat working the crab pots and no one at the
wheel. At one point, the crab boat was aimed right for us! David tried to get
their attention. One man finally grabbed the wheel avoiding us but passing just
feet from our bow. And…they took all the crab! Our pots were crab-less.
Mighty close
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