Here's quick summary of what we were up to this month.
- As some of you may know, we hauled out our engine last November. We have been working on it sporadically -- disassembling the engine & cleaning each part thoroughly in the last couple of months.
- We de-greased, stripped off old paint, sanded and treated the metal in preparation to be painted which we finally completed this month!
- We also cleaned the heat exchanger, removed the fibreglass panel in the head to get access to the bolts on the sail track.
- With our engine still hauled out, we applied for another visa extension. We are thankful it was approved but the Immigration officer very kindly told us that we better finish our boat projects by the end of this 2nd visa extension as they will not give us a third. Another $100 TTD/person for 3 more months. New visa expiry date: 13th June 2017.
- I'd like to say that we accomplished a lot since we got back onboard last September even though the list is still long. 6 months worth of work (read 'Boat Works in Trinidad' post). Nothing on a boat is ever easy and straightforward. When you think a job takes 1-2 days, multiple that by 3 or more..
- We started watching Season 1 of Black Sails, "a pirate adventure that centers on the tales of Captain Flint, who has a reputation throughout the West Indies as being the most brilliant, most feared of all the Golden Age pirates." Argh...
- We can't wait to sail the Caribbean, but the sailing season ends in June. Will we get our engine back up and running in time?!
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