[password]jazzdog1
[position]22 17.27S 166 26.00E
[weather]Calm 40% CC Bar 1014
[speed]0
[heading]0
[status] Noumea. Bloody boats, here you are in paradise and a engine mount breaks. Ok you arrange a replacement part and lucky for us we had friends arriving who could bring it out so no having to deal with customs. Now to replace you have to take the water cooler off the side of the gearbox, bend a spanner so it will fit in the ooh to small access hole, lie on your stomach with your head in the bilge and your arm tight up against the gearbox while somebody unbolts the nut 2 ratchet clicks at a time. Three bloody hours to undo a total of Five bolts. The amazing thing about cruising is that a fellow cruiser who you have only met once when told of your problem offers to give you hand sacrificing a bit of skin and blood in doing so it's hard to beat that kind of thing thanks Grant.
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