Day 278, May 18th, 2010
Well, funny day!! We had to wait until about 1:00 - but then the chief mechanic came and assessed our trouble. We told him all our woes and concerns, and he had a very good look at the engine. He thought at first it was the water intake - maybe it had got something stuck up there or something was occluding the strainer. He took a piece of wire and shoved it down the intake but there was nothing there and there was lots of water. He checked out the exhaust and reckoned that was fine. The water pump and impeller is fine. He couldn't find anything wrong!! He told John to start her up at the dock and really run her hard, which John did - and everything was fine. We thought it would be - the problem only seems to happen in rough water.
Frustrating!!! Don't know whether to be glad or sad!!
Oh well! I did do the laundry and went to the grocery store. That was good! Had lots of good chats with some really nice people around here. That was good too!
We've been advised that the weather is going to be lousy for the next little while and that it really doesn't take any longer to go up the Chesapeake and down the Delaware, so we'll head off in the morning and see how far up the Chesapeake we can get. If the problem happens again, we shall just have to find help again somewhere else. Who knows! This life on the boat is either blissful or stressful!!! At times you think life can't get any better, and at other times, you wonder what the h.... you're doing out here. I'm longing for my comfortable little condo with the gas fire at a touch, my pretty little kitchen, my comfortable bed and bathroom!!! Oh, better not go there!!!!
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