The Hen Knows...

An old favorite t-shirt of mine from the island of St. Lucia displayed a proverb that read, "The hen knows every morning that it is dawn, and yet she lets the cock crow."   Over the years of vacationing in various Caribbean Islands, we have more often than not been awakened each day by the crowing of a local rooster.  Here in the BVI it is no different, and most mornings we also hear the call of some kid goat!

So we rise, have some breakfast, and stroll down the dock to meet with our boat maintenance "boss" Milton.  Milton has been great at teaching both of us what we need to know about the various systems on the boat.  Dan, of course, understands much of what Milton explains about the engine, the rudder and prop, as well as the heads and water works.  I, on the other hand, ask for clarification often and Milton doesn't seem to mind patiently scaffolding me to an acceptable level of understanding for a first mate.

We began a round of deep maintenance on Exit Strategy during our first days here.  Then she was lifted out of the water and put on the hard to prepare for new bottom paint and inspection of the rudder and prop.  We hope to have her back in the water by tomorrow so we can move on board.