As the watermaker is still not working right we decided to stay the day. Rich worked on it and took the motor apart and cleaned it. Much improvement but now he is concerned about the seals on the manifold which require a special tool to remove which we do not have and it is not part of the 'normal' maintenance kit. So we are limping along.
To supplement, I made another rain catcher for the port side and put up some canvas over the boom and bimini to increase the rain catching area. As it rained almost 100 percent today, it was well worth it.
During the brief sun breaks you could see more of the hills in the distant, the wet rock shining like silver. The cascades and waterfalls coursing through the trees or over bare rock worn down to smooth slides. No a soul around except for us and a few bird.
We have one negative - small, black flies. They coming and crawl around on the inside of the bimini. They are easy to get but annoying. Rich had the shop vacuum out to clean the motor and I used it to evacuate the black flies. I am definitely not a Buddhist.
Again, we will look at the gribs and see if we move south tomorrow.
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