after crossing the first part of the bank we had water coming on board....... we heard the high water alarm beep and when we were in the tongue of the ocean we realized we had two feet of water on board. this meant water was coming in at a ratio of more that 2000 gallons per hour. we panicked but quickly emptied the bilge and prepared the emergency gasoline pump. we could not believe we were actually going to use that emergency pump, specially on the second day after departing!!!! but we had to and therefore decided to stop at chub cay to fix the problem. the bilge pump was acting in reverse. instead of throwing the water out of the boat, with the movement of the waves it was siphoning the water in. esteban chose to fix this at 15 feet of depth and not in the deep tongue of the ocean in case we needed to re float the boat!!! so luckily that was fixed and then we left chub cay and headed towards ship channel and the exuma sound. after departing the berries we felt it was the right moment to celebrate the fact we had made it all this way and therefore finally opened the champagne that martin had given us so many moths before. it certainly felt like the right moment for us to drink it while enjoying a beautiful sunset, with calm waters and a light breeze, and without water on board anymore!!! therefore observing one of the two rules of sailing bernard wisely told us about: keeping the people on the boat, and secondly, keeping the water out of it!!)
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