We now expect to arrive home a couple of weeks early. Life sometimes interferes with plans in paradise.
Well that sucks!! Actually it does not suck. The water cooling side of the engine that is. Late yesterday while heading for the anchorage in Dutchman’s creek we blew both fan belts on the engine. We immediately turned around to head back for a marina we had past two miles back. It does not take long for a diesel to overheat. So Alois jumped into the dink(we never tow the dink with the motor on it, but had today???) started the motor and pushed the boat two miles back. We docked with out a problem to assess the damage if any.
This morning I replaced the bad belts with two new ones I had on board and the engine has been running for half an hour with no overheating or other problems. You have read before where cruising is boat maintenance in beautiful places and Southport meets that criteria.
Cape Fear is three miles away and we can see the lighthouse doing it’s job above the trees.
When Alois gets back from the shower we will head for the anchorage in downtown Wrightsville Beach. All is well.
Jack and Alois
Friday, 5. June 2009
Your in NC ? Did you trade in your sail Boat for a power Boat ? The U Never Know almost when down monday night 5×4 hole where the rudder was . I was able to get to marina cove to get it haul out ( about a mile away from where we where ) had to put a life jackit in the hole. Water about a foot and a half deep in the boat . That was the longest mile in my life . will send photos