April 11 - Boat Project!

We are currently in Highbourne Cay Marina.  We sailed up here under less than ideal weather yesterday.  We started out on a nice 15-18 knot beam and the winds gradually increased and turned north on our nose.  But we endured it and did fine.  The last hour was a bit uncomfortable.  However on our way in we ran into a hitch...

The cable to our transmission (the gear shift) broke as I came into the marina.  Fortunately it went into neutral and I lost power.  We quickly dropped the anchor in the marina basin nad called for help as there was a large rock breakwater behind us.  The anchor held and we were able to ascertain that  it was in fact the cable that had broken.  With help from the dockhand, we were able to get into a slip shifting the transmission manually from the engine room.  Very hairy!.  So today's project is a temporary fix.  The cable broke just below the adjuster.  I was able to drill out the broken end, and re-tap the end of the cable.  Hopefully it will work.