Update: bevelled gear at top of drive disconnected / loosened by hitting log...so missing teeth. Tomorrow we go to Morningstar Marina asa they have an open dock or the one across the road, and order either from Gemini or from England. DHL is lightning fast so it shouldn't take more than a week. I don't mind the ditch...I hate the users!! And no wind predicted for days so we're not going out there to drift AND get no sleep...I am a fair weather sailor now. I don't need to prove I can stay up for 48-72 hours. And its going to rain all week too so might as well be in a marina where I can walk around!!!
It was not easy getting the drive apart. RIck had to be under the boat, sitting on the anti-cavitation plates [look like dolphin tails on the drive to make it stay n the water?}with his feet hooked around the prop so the tide didn't drag him away. I handed him tools through the access in the back deck and caught all the screws. None lost so far. Every once in a while he had to put the cover back on fast so the damned wake from idiot boats wouldn't slop sea water into the drive.
This could have been a lot worse. The coupler is fine and all we need is a bearing and a gear. Its fixable and we will survive! Thanks to all well-wishers and offers of help. We are good. And tonight the dolphins came by for dinner. Have a good weekend!
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