Our first sailing cruise from Florida, to the coast of Maine, and all that happens on the way.
Thursday, September 13, 2012
We don't rush out of Glouscester Harbor,but we did change our destination to Plymouth Mass. So we can see the rock,check out the little town and get a little more history of where it all began. We had gone about 1/2 to 1 mile from the anchorage when I asked Carl why was the boat smoking so much, he looks and says its getting hot and shuts down the motor. He begins to look for the problem. There is not enough water coming out of the back of the boat, so he thinks maybe the impeller broke. As he opened up the raw water strainer, he found it full of seaweed and kelp. No water could pass through that. He also found the sea water intake sea cock was also packed full of the same matter. Both of them were plugged big time. First words out of Carl's mouth when he finds the intake sea cock plugged is I hope I don't have to get in the water. Lucky for him he was able to unplug it by using a wire coat hanger to get it cleared. The water is very cold and we sure don't want to have get in it. I can see my lips turning blue now...With that open water comes in the boat rather quickly, so I maned the bilge pump while he worked. I also mad sure we didn't drift into any rocks. When we got close to land I told Carl and we dropped anchor. While he was in the water system he did check the impeller and found one of the wings cracked so he replaced it.After an hour or so we were back on track. It sure is a good thing Carl knows what to look for and can fix it. It was a gentle day out in the ocean, light winds on the nose and 1 foot seas. As it took a bit of time to clean and repair the water system it didn't look like we could make Plymouth, so back to Scitaute we went. We picked up a $25.00 mooring ball and got a nice hot shower, Bella was happy to since she got one also. If could see the look on her face every time I close that shower door with her inside, she knows whats coming next and she is not to happy....We walked around town so Bella and us could get some exercise. We didn't have much time though since the launch was going to stop at 7pm and we didn't get out of the shower until 6pm. Back on the boat I made fresh grilled tuna sandwiches for dinner and boy that tuna was good. Plus I had picked up some rolls when I went shopping with Nancy and that was great with the tuna. We were able to get TV here so we watched it until it was time for sleep. Today we go find out about the big rock(like we haven't seen enough of them already) and the Pilgrims...Hopefully this will be the last big rock we see...
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Unfortunately the "rock" is not that big! Don't fall in..... you will see what I mean.
ReplyDeleteHave fun, love you guys.
Rita