We are in Djibouti. At anchor. With no dinghy. = stuck on ⛵. (😜)
We have a bit of cabin fever at this point. We haven’t been off the boat to do anything fun since we left the Seychelles on Sept. 14. ☹️☹️ This is definitely the boring part of our travels!
So we have new house batteries and run the generator much much much less than we did before. This is very good.
As for the engine, Michael and I have done what we can to try to find the source of the oil leak. It is pretty tricky since it only leaks when we run the engines at a “cruising” speed (it isn’t in gear – we just run up the rpms) and even then we can’t tell where the leak is.
We found a spot missing a bolt and one missing a screw on the engine. Hmmm. . . We are wondering if this particular missing screw and this particular missing bolt might be causing the problem. A guy who supposedly knows his way around Yanmar engines is going to look at it. We sure hope: 1) he comes tomorrow, and 2) he can fix the problem.
We’ve done some laundry and continued to embrace our regular “hobbies” to pass the time. I personally find reading on the trampoline after the sun sets to be the most enjoyable. It is cool, there is always a breeze, and it is most pleasant.
On our list before we leave:
- Fill the tanks and jerry cans (and buy more of them) with diesel
- Fill the water tanks
- Buy a cooler to store food while we defrost the heavily-encrusted-with-ice freezer
- Provision (buy food and potable beverages)
- Buy engine fluids
- Get rid of our trash/garbage
- Consume more adult beverages 🍷🍺🥂🥃🍸🍹 (our first opportunity since we left the Seychelles)
But first, the engine. . . 🤞🤞🤞🤞
We will post again when we know something.
