Still here

It didn't go to plan. The engine is still in pieces, even more so. It transpires that the head has been leaking due to being warped. We didn't do a bad job in panama when replacing the head gasket but didn't have access to all the services we needed such as getting the head checked and skimmed before the canal transit. So the cylinder head is now on it's way to Guayaquil on the main land to get a skim. This has put us back another few days and time is now getting very short and I can't help but get the feeling that the general mood on board is slightly less jovial than usual. On the plus side we have time to get on with more daily tasks such as polishing and generally making things shiny and well functioning. Tosh and I went for a sneaky dive on the pretence of cleaning and inspecting the hull if the rangers asked what we were up to. The bottom of the boat gets a lot of growth very quickly being parked here. It was an interesting dive with a lot of swell trying to sweep us around, away and into the boat with my dive watch beeping as a warning I was coming up too quickly due to the amount of movement in the water. Whilst giving the hull a scrub we were followed by a lot of curious puffer fish that had a very easy meal on the algae that we were knocking off. We even had a white tip shark come by for a look.