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| Tow to Nassau |
Joe
and two
sons
show up a 7:30am and we are quickly on our way. This is not an easy
tow, because our rudder is frozen in a left turn, so not only is Joe
towing us, he is also steering us. He has to pull us at a 45 degree
angle.
We were able to fly the head sail for about an hour to
compensate, but the wind turned on our nose and we took in the sail.
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| Almost there ! |
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| Entering Nassau Harbor |
By 3:00 PM we pull into the dock at Nassau Harbor Club. I quickly
turn on the engine and put it
into
reverse
to slow us
down
and we gently slide into our slip.
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| Joe and two of his five sons, mission accomplished ! |
Two
mornings previous,
after we ran aground, our friend Betty Romberg “Bright Ayes” had
Chris Parker ask during his morning radio weather broadcast if any
trawlers in the area could lend Manana assistance. We never heard
from any trawlers, because I doubt any were in the area. Over
the
next
couple
days we start getting emails from friends further south asking,“Were
you that
Manana, we heard about during Chris Parker's broadcast ?”. In
Nassau many cruisers that we knew and some we didn't, approached us
to ask about our little event. Between email, texting, cell phones,
SSB radio and VHF, news moves fast. A lot of natural curiosity about
an event we all don't want to experience during our cruising days.
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