On May 24, 11:45*pm, Tim wrote:
On May 24, 1:14*pm, Frogwatch wrote:



On May 24, 1:00*pm, Tim wrote:

On May 24, 9:18*am, Frogwatch wrote:

My lack of a water pump belt at West End in the Bahamas required I
spend an entire day getting said belt from Freeport. *Most boats at
West End are bizaaro expensive and they would be willinbg to pay
nearly anything to get their parts quickly.
So...someone start a part delivery business from Freeport to any
isolated marina in Grand Bahama Island..
At West End there is no store for fishermen although fishing is THE
major industry there. *Someone needs to start a store next to the
marina at West End selling stuff just for fishermen.

Getting rid of conch shells is a problem on GBI. *So, bring thousands
of them to the USA and sell them for $1 each. *Use a band saw to cut
off the spiral portion at the end and mount them onto flat coconut
husk pieces as coasters.

Dude! I apreciate reading about your adventures, but why did the belt
blow off? *if something out-of-the-blue happened, to it I can accept
that, but if it was crusty and shot tobegin with, then why didn't you
check it out before you left?

I'm not questioning your MO, but before I took a trip like that I'd
look some stuff over a bit better

Belt did NOT blow off or even fail. *It probably would have continued
to work indefinitely but it did have a thinner spot so ti seemed best
to replace it. *I also had an old used one aboard I could have used.
What caused the pump to loosen was the extreme choppiness in the Gulf
Stream.

Stateside, that belt would have *cost you maybe 12 bucks? how much was
the new belt there?

$6.76 or if you count that bus fare too, $20.76