Happily next week's marina in St Maarten has a Fischer Panda distributor. This time I smile and point to the engine space, stand back and mutter about warranties. And I start looking for a mug who will trade it for some big solar panels and a 12volt water maker. Time to get back into a latitude where we have a chance of finding our quarry. Makes humpbacks seem almost sort of sensible.
Ports have a habit of entrapping a boat.
The generator water leak flowered into a geyser from a casting flaw in the cylinder head. It took the local agent two working days and after close of Eurpoean business today to figure out that the nearest replacement was in Europe. Fur is now flying out of the fax machine. St Martin is the most overdeveloped, heavily touristed island we have seen yet. Did find a delightful beach on the French side to watch some cool kite boarding.