day 35: 25th September 2021
We have been stuck here in Vigo for a while now and by the time we leave it will be about a week. On two recent passages we had a fair bit of water coming into the boat and we think it's the stern gland - that's the rubber seal where the propellor shaft exits the hull do pretty important bit of kit.
We don't know how old ours is but w think it's probably about 6 years which is about the expected lifespan.
Solution to this problem is to get Cloud Jumper out of the water and remove the prop shaft. This means we need a crane and hence have to wait for Monday 27th for a timeslot.
All this is very frustrating as we really need to be moving on towards the Canaries. An extra complication is that two of our friends were just attacked by an Orca whilst doing south from Lisbon making is even more nervous of leaving too late....
Still, the subsets here are rather good.
Sorry to hear of the boat issue, hope you manage to get that fixed soon and return to the seas. At least the views look amazing.
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