First Week in Majuro

We arrived in Majuro in a rainstorm-welcome home! Just to make sure we were back, a cockroach decided to scurry under my suitcase as I was showing my passport. After some quick foot maneuvering on my part, he decided to move on an intimidate someone else.

Things heated up right away when John tried to start our Volvo 18 hp diesel engine to charge the batteries. Deader than a doornail. The engine had seized up. After a week of working on it every day and checking with "Cruisers Forum" on the internet, a great website for cruising people, he finally got it running but he thinks the compression in one of the two cylinders is not up to par. We will have to see if it will be necessary to get a new engine to the tune of $10,000. We sure hope not.

Yesterday, Friday Sept. 25 was Culture Day in Majuro, Marshall Islands. We were there with a booth representing the Mieco Beach Yacht Club selling memberships, flags, caps and T-shirts. It was a fun despite the rain. There were volley ball games, tug-of-war competitions between the different schools, both boys and girls, lots of singing, dancing, crafts and food.

We have received four boxes of school supplies so far with promise of more to come. We will sort through the things and try to fill the wish lists of teachers in the outer atolls. All you that have contributed, thank you so much. Pictures will be taken as we hand things out and I will post them on the Blog.

To those of you we heard from that have boats in San Carlos, MX and have sustained damage, we are indeed sorry to hear and hope that the damage is minimal.