Disasters!
A week of high wind, whitecaps in Town Harbour, and student ills and blisters culminated in a more serious setback early Thursday morning. En route to collect volunteers, our boat suffered an electrical engine fire that melted its cables just off the eastern tip of Smith's Island. Andre heroically responded to our distress call and towed the boat back to Paget Island and got the team to and from work that day, but since then we have had to run a bare-bones operation with minimal trips and very limited ability to involve Bermudian volunteers. Calls for the loan or rental of a suitable workboat have gone unanswered, so we will continue to charter the YSR boat for this last week of the season. Andre is a True Bermuda Hero in his steadfast support and encouragement and I don't know what we would do without him! The weather has not been our friend either; on Sunday, one of our four remaining work days, we had to quit at noon due to heavy rain and return to Paget Island looking l...
