The manual says that new outboards should be run at dead slow for the first hour as part of the break-in process. Finally it sprang to life and we headed off across Simpson?s Lagoon at the slowest possible speed. It took a while to get the dinghy all set up at Budget Marine?s dock, and we had problems getting the outboard to start for the first time. We work mostly with Rosemary and Andrew, who were very patient and helpful. We walked back to the marina and rested before setting out by taxi to Budget Marine to pick up our new dinghy and outboard engine, and a few marine odds and ends. We then left for the car rental place, located on the other side of the bridge just 15 minutes before the next bridge closing.
The day was hot with passing squalls, and we worked up a sweat hauling our load onto the boat. I also got 4 gallons of diesel motor oil. Then back to the marina to unload these new purchases plus those of the day before that still filled the trunk. We quickly loaded up the cart with 48 rolls of Charmin, bananas, and other stuff that we grabbed off the shelves quickly. It was the nicest one we had seen and, with this one, we had seen them all.
From the sailmaker we headed to a new supermarket we noticed on the road to Marigot. He quickly set out to fix his error as we waited, but that set us off of our tight schedule. Laura checked on his work and found that he had gotten confused about what wed had asked of him and had sewn a batten pocket closed. Laura went in while I sat in the double-parked car. At the first bridge closing, we headed west away from the bridge in light traffic, watching those heading east towards the bridge lined up for a mile. We organized our day around the bridge opening times. Our rental car had to be back by 11:30 or we would have to pay for another day. Yesterday, December 19, was another day devoted to boat preparations.
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