Monday, November 16, 2009 Deltaville

Well the guys came for us right before 7:00am and put us in the water. The bluebirds were here once again this morning to watch us go back into the water. It seemed fitting considering they were here when we came out of the water. Hope this is a good sign because it’s the first I’ve seen of the little guys since we’ve been here now. How exciting to be back in the water! Even if the engine doesn’t start LOL. We were lowered into the water and went to crank over the engine and nothing… Mack had to go back to the office to get his electrical tool bag then came back and took off the starter/engine panel to check and see if there was any power getting to it. It turned out to be a faulty relay switch. He said they usually last about 20 years so we were definitely due. Good to know our starter is still good (we have a spare one). When he started the engine up we had fuel spraying all over the engine. One of the hoses got damaged from crawling all over the engine I guess. So he went and got another hose. We also had a pinhole in the outboard motor oil container (stored in the lazarette) so we need to get that cleaned up. Now she sits in the water for 24 hours then Mack will align the drive shaft and we’re outta here (?)…

We wandered around and I showed Wayne a little green Bayfield 23 or 25 Called Madcap. It was so cute. Chatted with a few people then Ed from the Marina. Grommit was videoing him so I gave him cudos and homage (LOL). He really is a terrific person. After that we came back and put the main sail up and the reefing lines in. I made a ground meat, mushroom and onion sauce and through that over mashed potatoes for dinner. It’s really nice to be back in the water even if we haven’t gone anywhere yet.

Oh I found another Plum novel – “Plum Lovin” – and killed that one off.