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Date:Wed, 14 Sep 2022 02:42:00 GMT
Mercury in Retrograde!
Rowing to shore
It was a beautiful morning and we woke to silence. After deciding to go to
town after a breakfast of oatmeal Sam and I got the dinghy off the deck with
our new crane and put the motor on it. We decided to go for a test run and
about 2 minutes in the motor quit... we got it started and it quit again...
So back to the boat we went to test... a few more test runs tied up under
full throttle, in gear and oil was coming out the carburator...
I checked the oil level and it was super low and smelled like gas.
I put a little oil in and it spit it all out the intake so I guess the
Mercury outboard is finally dead.
So, we all got in the dinghy and rowed to shore against the tide. It was
slow going but we made it. I called several local shops and ordered a Honda
5hp and it should be in on Monday.
So we spent the day in Beaufort shopping and eating. Hannah found a new
purse and I found some shoes to replace the 1980 Adidas I had been using
4200 to keep the soles on with. I threw the Adidas in the trash. We went
to lunch and did some more shopping and browsing. We had Latte's and Chai
for icecream 30 and with a slack tide rowed back to Grace where we put more
Boiled linseed oil on the brightwork, read from a book by a local author and
now it's time to go to bed.
It was a beautiful day!!! We love being and anchor.
nite nite