Today was a work day, in spite of the miserable cold wind and rain. I managed to get the hull of the boat washed down, finally getting rid of the last of the brown ICW moustache using FSR. Really good stuff, but then Dianne was telling me about using toilet bowl cleaner. Supposedly it works quite well and would be a heck of a lot cheaper then FSR.
While I was doing that, the mechanic(s) arrived. Foolishly I thought, oh good, the work will get done twice as fast. Oh no. Turns out the work got done in the right amount of time, we just ended up paying the boss $90/hr to stand around and watch his employee do all the work. I was not impressed. The men were very nice and hopefully all the work was done correctly, but it grates me to have to pay full rates for two men when only one does work. They didn't repack the stuffing box ( if it needs to be done down the road, we'll try doing it in the water). They looked at the oil leak and best guess is its a bad gasket. Not good news. It will require the removal of the engine to replace. So, we will live with the leak for the time being. Just need to keep an eye on it.
With luck, our engine will soon be put on hiatus, only being called into use when we need to pull in and out of anchorages.
Last night we were invited out for pizza with the Gang from LaHave Yacht Club. Warren and Dianne picked us up and we met up with Francis and Laurie and Meridee and Ken. There were also a few couples from other boats there that they knew. We met Bill from Margarita, an Island Packard...he was a hoot. We'll look forward to running into him again in the Bahamas.
It was 11 Celsius here yesterday. I was in two turtleneck sweaters and a jacket when we went out last night. Brrrrrr.
We have one last job to do on the boat before it can go back in the water. My little bump in New London turns out to be a bit more serious then we thought, so we are waiting on the guys here at the marina to make the repairs. We can't seem to nail them down on a when and how long, but I suspect we will be here until Monday at the earliest. So much for getting back in the water today. I'll try to add pictures of my ding, but the wifi reception here is terrible and I haven't been able to retrieve my pictures yet :(
Richard said his wifi booster really helped improve reception, but I'm thinking at this point I'll just deal with the frustration and make use of the opportunities to update the blog when reception is good.
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