We had a good day sailing into Nassau, despite the generator from Hell being on our minds.
Winds were just right and we made good time. We saw a large pod of dolphins, then -- lo and beyond -- thar she blows!! We spotted a whale. It was probably a juvenile, but still pretty large. It was a couple of hundred yards away, but we got a pretty good view and a perfect whale tail viewing when he submerged.
As we motored into Nassau, we passed two huge Carnival ships and another huge one from Costa. The harbor was buzzing with catamarans taking cruise passengers our to snorkel and there was lots of parasailing going on out by the beach in front of the Atlantis Hotel. Sadly, Club Med was no longer there. Atlantis had expanded and gobbled up the Club Med real estate.
We docked at Nassau Yacht Harbor Marina so we could find someone to fix the generator. This was Saturday afternoon. Nick got a recommendation from the dock master and Albert was scheduled to arrive at 8:30 Monday morning.
In the meantime, we walked across the street to a shopping center that had a Domino's Pizza and Dairy Queen store. We hadn't had pizza in quite a while, so it was a nice treat. The next morning we took a taxi to the grocery store and stocked up on a few things.
Albert arrived Monday morning, took a look a the generator and said he'd be back later that he had to get some more information. Finally at 2pm he told us he couldn't find the tester he needed so he couldn't help us.
Thankfully, we had emailed the guy who sold us the generator and he gave us a suggestion. Water had backed up through the exhaust hose the night the waves pounded us and got into the oil. Nick had changed the oil a couple of times and it still wouldn't turn over.
A few shots of WD-40 and starting fluid helped unclog and clear out the exhaust and -- voila! -- we had a working generator again.
We would leave Nassau the next morning to head down to the Exumas!
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