18 April 1999 (cont)

One of our two boats had its rudder stuck and couldn't really steer. The drivers in the boat furiously worked on the problem but didn't really have the technical expertise. So, they decided to tie both boats together in tandem formation. Our boat was then pulling the other boat. We chugged along to our destination. And as if that's not the end of the problem, our boat then had a blown engine due to the unforeseen stress the engine had handled. The engine was too hot and had to cool down and may take sometime.