As early as Wednesday morning, I had my suspicions as to the cause of our misfortune at sea on Tuesday. Preliminary inspections revealed that the oil cooler for the transmission had ruptured internally and forced large quantities of sea water into the transmission thereby displacing the oil out of the transmission.
Today, a local boat services company sent over two mechanics to remove the transmission so that it could be inspected back at their shop. Albert, the shop owner claims he has repair parts on the shelf for the Borg-Warner Velvet Drive transmission used in Big Run. I spoke with Albert this afternoon, and he will inspect the transmission tomorrow, which was already disassembled and cleaned by his crew for him.
I have already starting do research on suppliers of transmissions and parts in Florida just in case we need to have one or the other shipped into Nassau for us. Rick on M/V Broulee has stepped up to the plate and furnished us with another reliable and dependable contact he has used in the past. Add another feather to Rick's cap! Where would we be without Rick, I don't dare think of it.
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