Bimini still

The wind generator is fixed and we have stayed in Bimini due to 25 knot winds today. You can see the ocean from the marina, and there have been white caps all day. The wind generator was actually working OK, but the stop switch was malfunctioning. Another boat from Tennessee had a spare and sold it to me, and I am back in the power generating business. I equalized the batteries yesterday and that has helped our energy management tremendously. I scrubbed the teak seats with a special cleaner that Annapolis Yacht Sales South (Ann Hutchings) told me about. It looks brand new again. Our multifunctional display has quit working, so I have no way to see how much water or diesel we have on board; however I keep a pretty good idea of the gas situation by the number of hours I run the engine. One hour equals about one gallon. Could not hear the weather on frequency 4045 SSB this morning; since a different guy is sending out the info from his boat in Orient, NC. I could hear him at0730, but could not get him to respond to me. Evidently many had a problem, since he has developed a procedure for in the morning to skip from one frequency to another until enough folks respond. There are folks all over listening to his broadcasts from Dominican Republic, Cuba, Bahamas, etc. I sent him an e-mail and he returned with a written forecast for tomorrow. We plan on leaving early, and sailing all day for 76 miles to Chub Key. I will fill my water tanks tonight, since this will be the last water for 2 weeks. We had to tell friends we could not pick them up in Nassau due to the weather set backs, and timing. the wind makes things too problematic. Nanc and I rode around the island on their Tram and saw all the sites. Other than the pretty water there is not too much to see. The people are very friendly; however their economy is down the drain. Many places closed. I have been making phone calls to family and friends over Skype (Voice over IP), and it really works fine. We w ill be out of communication range for the next several weeks, I believe. I will send the Findmespot positions, but no word pictures. S