Aborted departure

We left Man o War calmly, headed south to Tiloo Cay when ten minutes into the trip, Sweet Tides called us to tell us they were burping the stuffing box yet again. A few minutes later they called again to say they had A LOT of water coming into the boat. So much that Mike asked us to call Tow Boat US, I did but they did not answer. Idette drove the boat while Mike tried to stop the water, getting all scratched in the process and bleeding all over the shaft. They had to stop the engine, open a sail and slowly make their way to Marsh Harbor. Juan remembered that Tow Boat US had told us - when they thought we had a problem in our stuffing box, to put a plastic bag around it with duck tape to hold the water. Mike did that and it helped. Water started trickling instead of pouring. Luckily Man o War is only an hour away from Marsh Harbor and the wind helped so jiving and jiving they made it to Marsh Harbor. Once inside they turned on the engine and tied in Harbor View Marina, again...
A mechanic from a boat yard on the other side of the island came over and apparently fixed the problem. The shaft had moved so no amount of burping would fix it. We will see tomorrow whether in fact it's fixed: see to believe. So no plans until we know. Juan is saying that cruising is stressing him too much, this is the last time we are doing this. Again, see to believe...
The mechanic's helper talked to Idette while the other guy was doing the work and told her the Abacos are infested with sharks!! and that his father had almost lost his leg to a barracuda!! I am glad we did not have the courage to make it to the mooring balls in Fowl Cay.