French Wells Crooked Island Day 6

We spent most of the day doing boat maintenance.  We have been having problems with the alternators not charging the batteries and on the way here to Crooked Island they didn't charge at all. Phil has been troubleshooting off and on since we have been here and......it looks like we need new alternators. He got  on the phone with Port Supply and before ya know it they are ordered and being shipped to Georgetown!! We can still charge the batteries with the generator, but we don't want to travel home without both ways to charge. Not a safe thing to do. You have to make sure customs knows it's for a repair otherwise you have to pay up to 45% import duty on top of the cost of the alternators and shipping!
    Phil engraved our stone and we added it to the wall... maybe someone we know will come across it! We looked at all the other ones there to see if we recognize anyone..
   We took one last ride on the Dink before putting her back on the Pearl. We found a mangrove river that went towards some settlements.  About 5 miles up we came across a dock called Church Grove Landing. The people here use this landing with small boats because there are no marinas. The settlements are on the Atlantic side where the water is very rough.

Engraving and trying not to fall in all at the same time!

He couldn't fit the dogs on there

Showing off his catch..Cubera Snapper

We are ending our journey to unknown places (for us a least)..starting to head back to familiar territory. We often wonder how the pirates navigated these same waters so well! Phil says, "My hat's off to Blackbeard!"  It's been exciting to see what secrets and adventures lie with each anchorage! I know we still have a lot to see that we missed heading back. The adventure continues...