Jonny took the outboard apart again this morning and after cleaning it all out went ashore to buy some new petrol. Back at Newt the outboard was put back in the water and with fingers crossed we tried to start it but no luck.
After convincing Jonny not to drop the outboard over the side we put it in the dinghy and took it ashore to see if anyone could help us. We met Ben (Silk Sheets) on his way to the bar and asked his advice as he has fixed his outboards before and another New Zealand guy stopped to help. The outboard went into the bar and the guys started working. Not sure the other people in the bar appreciated the petrol fumes and noisy outboard!! The problem was found to be a stuck float in the carburetor and after some fiddling was fixed. We took the dinghy out to Newt to test it and (fingers crossed) it seems to be running well again.
In the afternoon I headed to the pool with the girls whilst Jonny and the guys moved on to trying to fix Jeffs (Nemesis) outboard.
After speaking to Ian (Mikado) about buying his battery charger we headed back to Newt for dinner.
We headed back ashore for the Island Princess night which had a child, male and female section. The children were very cute, the men slightly worrying and the women pretty. There were 30 male entries and about 10 female!! There is a wedding here tomorrow so a lot of the guests were in the bar – they must think Yachties are a strange bunch!!
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