July 10, 2001 -- Wanted, One Missing Pot of Gold

We knew, according to the weather and the way the boat was rolling, that a tropical wave was approaching the island. We decided to stay on the boat. It was already raining off and on when we woke up, so we decided to have an easy day. In fact, after breakfast, Mike decided to nap, since it was a late night last night along with getting up to close up the boat since it started to rain. Initially, I planned to join him; however, I got bored pretty quickly. I was looking out the window when I noticed that the rain had stopped. So, since Mike was asleep, I headed outside to work on stainless. Mike woke up long enough to ask where I was and what I was doing. When I told him that I was working on stainless, he told me to work on the aft stanchions since they looked so bad. Then he promptly fell back asleep! After cleaning three stanchions, I came inside to take a break. Mike was awake again and energized to work on the boat. As I was heading back outside, he told me that he planned to install the replacement DC engine room blower that we have been planning to install for the last month, but kept getting side tracked on other things. While I was outside cleaning another 3 stanchions, Mike pulled everything out from under the galley sink, and installed the new blower. When I came back in, he asked if I could help supply some light for the last few things he was doing under the sink. I held the flashlight for him while he sealed the plenum box and screwed it in. Then, he put the access port back in place and reattached the plumbing. Finally, it was my turn to put everything back under the sink that Mike had pulled out. As he says, he is a puller-outer and I am the putter awayer. Molly from Jolly Moon called to ask if we had any wind scoops left, so I ran in to drop one off to her, since her dinghy fuel tank had cracked. We are selling the ones we have because they don't work with the new screens and we got a pattern for the type that you can leave up in the rain that will keep water out and still let water in, unfortunately, these are not sold, we will have to make one. At the same time, I also dropped off trash, and planned to drop off our gas cans to have Spice Island Marina refill them. They have someone that runs into St. Georges every day to fill Butane, Propane and Gasoline tanks. While I was at the marina, Mike took the opportunity to clean the rust stains off the side of the house and to clean the rust off the fuel fills on the deck. In the afternoon, we watched rain showers roll down the hills toward us. At one point, Mike looked out and called me up to see a rainbow. As we watched, we saw the rainbow move! The end of the rainbow, where the pot of gold is supposed to be, was about 100 yards off the bow of the boat on shore! The trees behind it were showing the colors of the rainbow on them; it was something to see. I tried to get a picture of it; hopefully it will turn out