October/November
It was around 0815 hours on June 8, about 10 miles north of the Bahamas. We observed a thunderstorm ahead visually and on radar and kept it on our port side. Both of us were standing up in the pilothouse. We thought we were well past it and actually in sunlight when a simultaneous bang flash surprised us. I said immediately, “we’ve been hit.”
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Resuming our voyage after Christmas we next stopped at Thunderbolt Marine in Savannah GA to fix the prop and heating system. The builder of Congrio refused to honor the warranty and the cost of repairing the heating system was more than we wanted to spend at the time so we vowed to remain in warm climate for the next year. Congrio was hauled to remove the propeller and we discovered that all the work done at Jarrett Bay on the bottom paint had failed so we repaired the propeller and the bottom paint again. The contractor at Jarrett Bay of course disavowed everything. These are the joys of boat ownership, you can blame anyone but the owner always pays. It was an adventure and we got to spend a lot of time in Morehead City NC and Savannah GA for our troubles.
