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While crossing the Mona Passage, 35 nautical miles offshore, we ran into trouble with our Yanmar 4JH4E. We were motoring in light winds when we noticed a change in the exhaust pitch - turns out, seawater wasn't flowing properly. We checked the impeller and, strangely, it looked intact? but it could spin freely by hand - not a good sign. After getting towed back to our anchorage at midnight (huge thanks to Michael, who came out and saved us!), we dug deeper and discovered that the gear inside the old water pump had worn down badly. It turns out the pump wasn't making full contact with the internal gear, likely due to an aftermarket impeller and shallow gear engagement. We ordered a new OEM water pump from R&B Power in San Juan, and they were awesome - super responsive and got us the part

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We weighed anchor at Gilligan's Island Anchorage around 8 AM despite some forecasted squalls. Once underway, the sea proved rougher than expected, and we encountered two powerful squalls with 40-knot winds and 2.2-meter waves. With the main sail double-reefed and only our stay sail up, we were surfing down waves at nearly 11 knots-a speed I hadn't seen in Kaizen before. Navigating past Cabo Rojo Lighthouse in Puerto Rico, I had to hand-steer around the corner and adjust our course, running downwind instead of turning up at the island's end due to the intense wind. It was an eventful day that truly put our sailing skills to the test!

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Ryker shows off a slipper lobster.?

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Testing our new Rolly Tasker sails on our Tayana Vancouver 42 off the coast of Grenda.

Location: 16.16580° N, 61.78150° W This hourglass freighter 50 m deep was built in Denmark in 1958. It sailed to Copenhagen and then to La Rochelle in the '70s. The Franjack lies flat on her keel on a sandy bottom at 24m in good general condition except for the forward cabin which is collapsed. In the engine hold of the Franjack, you can see green moray eels and lobsters; there's always a surprise. The wreck is covered in sponges.

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