Uh-Oh!

We've been in st. Martin for over a week and I'm kind of tired of it. We were supposed to leave for Ille Forshue yestarday but we had an unfortunate problem with the engines so we are waiting for an engine part to come, so we probably won't be leaving for a couple more days.

The inside of an engine is probably not what you might be expecting. It is a series of metal pipes and tubes sticking out of a rectangular plat wih pipe sized circular holes in it. At the top of these pipes small fires are ignited making the tubes an pipes go up and down. The pipes and tubes produce so much energy while doing this it can propel the propeller which pushes the boat. Our problem is that the rectangular plate I which the pipes go up and down in, is cracked! Since this plate is vital to making the engine function we need to wait here for a new head or plate as I've been calling it, to arrive.