This was going to be a busy day, so we set out early for Shearwater, where we hoped to haul out and fix our damaged prop. 

We made good time to Shearwater, and couldn’t believe our good luck.  They were able to haul us out as soon as we arrived. 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, we knew that only the starboard prop was damaged, and only one blade.  However, because the props are paired, we had to change both props.  Luckily, we had a spare pair of props onboard.

It was shocking to see how many barnacles were on all the metal surfaces of the bottom.  Those surfaces were clean when we left Seattle.  So, while the yard people got busy changing the props, Al got busy scraping barnacles.  He scraped for about 3 hours, which is how long it took for the props to be replaced.

Meantime, I went to see if the store had anything left from last Monday’s ferry shipment of produce.  As expected, what was left was not in very good shape.  I did manage to get a few apples, tired looking pears, broccoli, and milk — just enough stuff to get us by until next Monday’s shipment.  In the meantime, we’ll hang out at Kakushdish, which is only a few miles away.

As soon as we were back in the water, we headed for Kakushdish.