John our Bahamian electrician is a man of few words. When he first checked out batteries we asked him what he found.

“You got 2 dead batteries,” he said. We said yeah that’s what we thought. Where can we get new ones?

“The battery store,” he replied. Well duh that makes sense.

So John picked up Ed early in his car to drive to the store and pay for the batteries. Back at the boat he installed them and then checked the sump pump for the shower.

He got it running and I asked how he did that.

“You got to top it,” I thought he said in the lilt that makes every sentence sound like a question.

“Top it?” I couldn’t figure that out.

John rapped with his wrench on his hand. Oh now I get it, he meant tap it.

OK so that high tech problem was solved.

The last issue was the second fresh water pump not running. John took a quick look and delivered his usual terse verdict.

“You got a dead pump.” Once again something on our boat has died.

John told us where to buy one and how it was a simple thing to install. Ed and I looked at each other and said ok we will see.

Long story short we were able to install it (miracle!) and it works!

I won’t tell you how much 2 batteries, a pump and labor cost but you can make a good guess if you multiply what it would cost at home times two.

After all that we were ready for some fun so we took a cab to Atlantis and the Sportsbook there, where this time we watched UNC beat Ohio State solidly.

Since our luck was turning, Ed put some money on the Blackjack table and came out ahead!

We decided that was it for the day. On the way home we stopped at Potters Cay under the bridge where all the locals eat fresh Bahamian fish, etc. The snapper was awesome!