Last evening at anchor here was outstanding. By sundown, the beach was clear and there were four boats at anchor. By sunrise we were alone here. All other boats departed before we looked out. Fishing is a big thing between the bridges and that goes on night and day. I decided to use the hooka air system we brought aboard so that we did not have scuba tanks and limited air available. It worked as advertized and makes unlimited air available. During the first dive with it, I learned the reason for the knocking at low speed. I thought it might be something loose in one of the lockers that tunes in on the engine harmonics. Not so. It is the pesky Autoprop, a feathering prop that has been a pain. Many swear by Autoprop and it is very efficient. For some reason, ours keeps failing. Seals fail and seawater destroys the internal bearings, always on the same blade. We have had it factory repaired three times at great expense and I am now done with it. I changed back to the original "mouse ear" prop in the water. Thank goodness the water is so clear because I dropped a wrench but saw it all the way to the bottom. Anyway, that was the excitement for the day. We will spend another night here then move on to Marathon.
Bear's back is still kicking up a bit. It will take some time to recover but if it does not ease a bit more today, we will seek another solution in Marathon. Methinks a day of horizontal hard surface per the doctor will help and so far she has logged about six and one half hours today. No worries mate.
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