Busy Day
Henderson's Wharf Marina
The sun comes up early here...VERY early. We've had
wonderful weather the last few days and we've been able to sleep with the
windows open, which means nothing to block the early arrival of daylight. We
were both wide awake by 5:30...it starts to get light here before 5:00, that's
pretty early for me. First thing on our list to do this morning was to return
the rental car; we're back to our two wheel mode of transportation.
Stan spent the rest of the day in the engine room finishing
his project of replacing the engine mounts. We've always had a lot of vibration
when the engine is in idle; Stan hopes this will help fix that issue. It was a
two day project and he has a lot of cuts and bruises to show what tight quarters
he has been working in. The project wouldn't have taken so long if there was
actually room for a full grown man to move in our engine room. The lack of
space makes every job a challenge.
I made new seat covers for our canvas deck chairs while we
were home, so this morning I put a coat of stain on the chairs and put the new covers
on. They look great. The rest of the day I was Stan’s gopher…getting whatever he
needed, so he didn't have to crawl in and out of the hole in our saloon floor.
After a long shower to remove all the grease, a short nap, a cold beer and
dinner we took the boat out for a sea trail...no more shaking while in idle.
Everything seemed to run great. We cruised past Fort McHenry and then into
the Inner Harbor just in time for sunset. It was a great evening on the water, the weather was perfect and the view was wonderful. We also got word
today that our friends have fixed the issues with their engine and are about
ready to head our way...we just might make it to New York after all. We're all
anxious to get this cruising season started.
Replacing the engine mounts
Loved the pictures of The Inner Harbor. I miss it alot. I worked in Baltimore for 3 years in the early 90's. What's your general float plan for NJ?
ReplyDeleteOur plan is to move to Delaware City tomorrow (Tuesday) and wait for the weather to improve. It looks like we'll move to Cape May on Wednesday and if the weather cooperates we will be on our way to New York on Thursday and Friday....but it all depends on the weather.
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