April 13, 2012
Today was not my day! I’m not superstitious, but – things happen!
The plan was to go to New Smyrna Beach
today. The weather forecast was
for increasing winds this afternoon with the possibility of showers. After much back and forth, it was
decided to go to Titusville Municipal Marina, at least for the night. Kate called both Marinas to change and
make reservations.
I was travelling along quite nicely when all of
a sudden I got very hot! And I
wasn’t pumping any seawater! Greg
shut down my engine and let it cool.
He threw out the anchor for 10 minutes. (I got a visit from the Brevard
County Sheriff’s boat). When he started my engine again it seemed to be fine, but I went under another bridge and it happened
again. Same sheriff came back to
see if he could do anything.
Out went my anchor again and Tow Boat was
called. 4 hours!! That was how long they said it would be
as he was in Daytona with another boat.
Greg decided to try to change the impeller
himself, especially since the mechanic he called wasn’t sure when he could get
to the marina – might have to wait until Monday! An hour and 15 minutes later it was done and it worked! Thank you --- thank you!! I slowly made
my way to Titusville, increasing speed very slowly.
After I was docked, a lot of people were
gathered around my bow and side. A
Manatee was relaxing in the streams coming from my air conditioning. Really neat!
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| Manatee right next to me! |
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| He has some of my bottom paint on! |
Don’t know what tomorrow will bring as the winds
are supposed to increase in intensity.
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