Two "Little Holes in the Water"

We arrived in Bimini shortly after John & Lori did on Wednesday afternoon. We got the boats all situated and decided to take a dip in the pool or should I say bath. After a 70 or 80 mile run across salt water, and water costing 50 cents a gallon at Bimini Blue Water Marina, I truly mean bathing in the pool. We decided to eat in so we cooked some of the Mahi we had caught the day before in Great Harbour on the back of FF III. For the next day's adventure, John & Lori's last day, we took a dinghy ride in the back country to snorkel around a sunken DC3 jet that John knew about. We struck out across the bay following them as they knew the way. Our little hole in the water is still not running great and ACJM kept saying we need to turn around and go back as it turned out to be a lot farther than we thought. I just told her "they will come back and tow us in if we break down". They kept getting a little farther and farther ahead until it looked like they stopped. We finally caught up to them and their motor, a 9.9 Hp Merc, quit running on them. We both pulled the cord until we were worn out and it would run a minute or two then die again. I checked John's gas tank and it smelled like varnish. I think it was the same gas that was in it when he bought the motor. He switched to our tank and after a few times sputtering it ran for a short time. We ended up towing them in and then they towed us for the last little bit. We thought his motor would pull the two boats in better than our little 5 Hp that was not running so good. By the way I am going to take it back to Roger Lee and ask for a refund since he checked it out for me before the trip. We didn't get to see the DC3 but we did spend a little time on a shallow sand bar checking out the shells, etc. That evening we stopped by Sherry's new/old place up on the hill above the beach but she was not there. We checked out the beach and decided to have dinner at Captain Bob's. Captain Bob's is a local breakfast & lunch place that GP & CP have dined in a few times. Since Bimini Big Game Club is closed up tight now, Captain Bob's is offering dinner also. They put tablecloths on the tables and really welcomed us in for dinner. We said "goodbye" to John & Lori even though John said he would see us in the morning. Lori said, "John hates goodbyes" and so do we. They were gone early on Friday before we got up.....



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