Saturday, August 18, 2012

The day was overcast with heavy clouds, and we milled over whether to leave or not. About 10AM the skies started to clear up , so we checked weather and it was a go.. We had had such a wonderful time at this port with friends it was hard to leave. But since no one was around anymore we headed out. The ocean had a light chop with 1 to 2 foot seas,and a 5 knot wind on our nose. We got such a late start, we decided to only go 25 miles  to our next port.We were heading south, time to start our journey home. It was just  smooth sailing, nothing much to report except it is getting cold for us Florida Kids..So with skull caps and jackets on we continued our voyage. Until Carl yells the motor is over heating and shuts it done. Boy was that motor hot.. Carl kept saying he smelled something and had checked it a couple of times but couldn't see anything. When the pressure was released and he could look inside the motor all the water was gone, so down below he went . Carl had repaired an water leak on the water jacket a couple of years ago and it came loose and failed. Water was all down in the bottom of the boat. All the use and the many hours we have done has put some stress on all the repairs and some are just giving out. The motor was way to hot handle and he didn't have anything he could use as a temporary repair , so we put up the sails and headed back to Southwest Harbor. It was only 10 miles away so it would be the easiest and fastest to get to. Fast may be over stating it a bit.. The point of sail made it real difficult to get enough wind to make her sail. Carl used the whisker pole to hold the sails open.This was very slow going.  It was getting late in the afternoon, and  we didn't feel like we could make it to port before dark ,plus being we are in the North Atlantic, we made the chose to call Sea Tow. I mean what the heck we paid for it.. And we are sure getting more than our moneys worth..The girl there told us they would have to call around to find someone to tow us and she would call us back.. So sail on we did, at a astounding 2 knots, not to bad considering the wind was very light. We came to a turn toward Southwest Harbor and that put the wind at our back, so we were doing pretty good, we were hauling at 3 knots. Done get in our wake.. Just watch out for lobster pots mind field...A man from Charlie's Marine service calls and says he will be there in 2 hours, we said okay and sailed on. I made a pot of beans and bread, which warmed our bodies in the cold weather. By time Charlie got there we were at the first buoy and it was getting dark. Timing couldn't have been better , we were not looking forward to trying to get in under sail. Charlie fly's a pirate flag so we knew we were in good hands, or maybe not.. He hooked us up and we headed in, very proud of how far we had come under such light wind. We worked as a team and did good.. We had Charlie put us right back where we were anchored before. The rest of the evening was spent playing dominos and having a glass of Grand Mainer, thanks Barb! We saved it till we got here and forgot we had it, but with cold weather nothing goes as well as Grand Mainer.. Today we start repairs

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