Oriental, NC

Day 273, May 13th, 2010

Breck came pretty promptly in the morning and replaced the polished fuel tank, hooking up everything again. However, when it came to changing the oil seal on the engine, it wasn't there! So thats as far as things could go. Disappointing!

I walked up to the grocery store for a couple of bits. Its a pretty little town with a really rural feel. People tell us there are more boats than people! (And most of those are sail boats which is a bit unusual.) We barbecued for supper and then watched a movie to take our minds off the waiting.


Day 274, May 14th, 2010

Hooray!!! We're fixed!!! Had to wait for an oil seal to be sent from New Jersey. We waited all day yesterday but it didn't come. We were disappointed. When the morning came and went today, we were thinking we might have to wait until Monday. "Breck", the mechanic, stopped by to say it wasn't in the morning delivery but still may come. He did leave a message at the supplier asking for the tracking number though. Shortly after 1:00 I went up to the office and asked the girl to check if the guy had called in the number. We looked it up on the website and it said the package had been delivered in the morning! It was just that the packaging was a little different than usual. We called Breck on his cell phone as he was working at another site, and he said he'd come in about an hour and a half. True to his word he came to the boat and had the seal changed in less that 15 minutes!!!!

We shall leave first thing in the morning to Belhaven on the Pungo River. John's got the GPS plotted all the way to New York. Hopefully there won't be any more problems. We're keeping our fingers crossed for a weather window to do the long leg between Hampton and New York.