The winds kept blowing at 40mph in Panama City on Sunday (first pic). We sat tight in the morning. I started the port engine to find out why there was so much water in the bilge and found the sea water pump was leaking – just what happened to us in Grafton, IL as we were starting the trip down the Mississippi. As the winds calmed in the afternoon, we rode our bikes to St. Andrews where we found fresh Apalachicola oysters for $4 a dozen (next pic). On Monday (2/20), with help of our harbor hosts in Panama City, we contacted a mechanic who showed up within 30 minutes and started on the pump repair. The final pic shows Mike Grayson, the mechanic holding the leaking pump in hand. We hope to put the new pump in tomorrow and be underway again.
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