February 09-10, 2001 -- Governor's Harbour

February 9-10, 2001 -- Governor's Harbour We didn't have much on our to do list today. We focused on troubleshooting our on again off again anchor wash down pump. We first tried removing the faucet to see if the faucet was the problem, since that is what it was last time. After I got stuck in the anchor locker, Sandra took pity on me and volunteered to work in the anchor locker for me. We tested the pump, and it still didn't work! Our on again off again pump now looks like it is off permanently! We got about 6 months of use out of our Groco pump. We will never buy another one! We took a nap, then went into town. This was Sandra's second dinghy lesson. She handled the dinghy from start to finish! At the dinghy landing, we met Jim and Lorraine off of Skoals. We chatted with them for a bit before heading to the post office, the library and bakery. Our final stop was the market where we picked up a few things and headed back to the boat. We had dinner, and then went to a fish fry that was being held on the beach. This is more of a social event every Friday night; most folks come to socialize. We meet up with Jim and Lorraine and had a nice evening. On February 10, we had read that there was going to be another cookout at the beach. Unfortunately, we found out later that the beach it was held at was almost 10 miles south of us! Around 4:00 PM EST, Skoals called us on the VHF to let us know that they would be getting underway for Powel Point in the morning. Since we wanted to buddy boat with them, we reviewed weather and agreed that Sunday would be a good day to leave. We spent the day quietly, as is our custom before traveling.