September 24, 2013
After we anchored and enjoyed some lunch, Rich once again worked on our dying Torqeedo electric outboard engine, a long messy job in the cockpit. After he finished he suggested we take a dinghy ride around the little island next to us.
The sky had started to get cloudy by the time we got over there, but much like the Bay of Islands, the water around this island took on an ethereal glow under gray-sky light. What an enchanting spot this was!
Once again, though, we had that same fly doing the backstroke in the punch bowl as our post-surgical Torqeedo outboard was not feeling better. It died again and again, and finally we started to row. It looked like we may well be without a dinghy engine, but Rich had one more idea he wanted to try. Meanwhile, though, we’d be rowing. Thankfully we weren’t very far from the boat.
By the time we got back, big clouds were coming in and it looked a bit ominous. The water was kicking up some, too. Good thing we didn’t do this outing any later.
Below, a few gray-evening photos of the pretty blue green water around the island. (You can click to enlarge and scroll through gallery below.)–Cyndi
