<p><strong><em>My goodness, that could have happened to us as well<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p>The water maker installation caused us more problems than expected. The weld on the mounting bracket for the high pressure pump that Hans had commissioned in Oriental, NC, disintegrated shortly after being attached to the engine, probably due to the vibrations. So this called for a new plan. But whatever plan we would want to execute, we'd have to go back to the US as it's complicated to have parts sent to the Bahamas. So we left Georgetown and started our 330 mile journey back to West Palm Beach, FL.<\/p><p><\/p><p>It took us six days to get there as we had to sit out a couple of days due to the wind blowing strongly out of the north. At one point we come back to an anchorage near Fowl Cay, where we already stayed during our trip south. But something looked different. Right behind the entrance to the anchorage sat the wreck of another ketch!!!! According to Navionics, the boat sank only a few days before. Yes, we know that these inlets can be quite dangerous, especially when wind and current come from opposing directions, but seeing the sunken sailboat brought home once again how quickly things can go wrong. Thank goodness we had a safe trip with some great sailing, a couple of overnight trips and before we knew it, we dropped anchor in Lake Worth again.<\/p><p><\/p><p><strong><em>Meine GÁ¼te, das hÁ¤tten auch wir sein kÁ¶nnen!<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p>Der Einbau des Wassermachers bereitete uns mehr Probleme als erwartet. Die Schweissnaht der Halterung fÁ¼r die Hochdruckpumpe, die Hans in Oriental, NC, hatte anfertigen lassen, lÁ¶ste sich aufgrund der Vibrationen kurz nach der Befestigung am Motor auf. Das Ganze erforderte also einen neuen Plan. Aber welchen Plan wir auch immer ausfÁ¼hren wollten, wir mussten zurÁ¼ck in die USA, denn es ist kompliziert, Teile auf die Bahamas zu schicken. Also verlieÁŸen wir George Town und machten uns auf die 330 Meilen lange Reise zurÁ¼ck nach West Palm Beach, FL.<\/p><p><\/p><p>Wir brauchten sechs Tage, um dorthin zu gelangen, da wir ein paar Tage aussetzen mussten, weil der Wind stark aus dem Norden kam. Irgendwann kehrten wir zu einem Ankerplatz in der NÁ¤he von Fowl Cay zurÁ¼ck, wo wir bereits auf unserer Reise nach SÁ¼den Á¼bernachtet hatten. Aber etwas sah anders aus. Gleich hinter der Einfahrt zum Ankerplatz lag das Wrack einer anderen Ketch!!!! Laut Navionics ist das Boot nur wenige Tage zuvor gesunken. Ja, wir wissen, dass diese EinlÁ¤ufe zwischen zwei Inseln ziemlich gefÁ¤hrlich sein kÁ¶nnen, besonders wenn Wind und StrÁ¶mung aus entgegengesetzten Richtungen kommen, aber der Anblick des gesunkenen Segelboots machte uns wieder einmal klar, wie schnell etwas schief gehen kann. Gott sei Dank hatten wir einen sicheren TÁ¶rn mit tollem Segeln, zwei super Nachtfahren, und ehe wir uns versahen, lagen wir wieder in Lake Worth vor Anker.<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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