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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:21:00 GMT
Blackbeards 2
Getting organized and re-aquainted with old friends
We've been here for almost a week now. We spent the first couple days getting
re-aquainted with old friends and so the weekend was packed with story
telling and shared meals at the club house. It's good to be back home and
we love it here. It's the most amazing yacht club. Quiet mornings almost
as good as being at anchor with birds and dew and fog in the mornings.
Our friends were all interested in our stories and where we'd been for so
long. It was a weekend of good wine, good friends and good food!
On Monday we got a battery for the car and on tuesday after multiple
attempts to revive the old truck batteries we had to buy two new truck
batteries as well. The Air-conditioning obviously had a leak because the
truck wouldn't cool so we took it to Diversified and they fixed it over
night.
Tuesday and Wednesday Sam worked a lot on video's from the 4 legs of our
journey north and filled the water and fuel tanks. We also tightened up
the alternator belts and cleaned out the bilge. I think I'm burning a
little oil because after 80-90 hours I'm about a quart low. I'm not
saying I'm surprised but it's not excessive. The next rebuild will be the
bottom half. I also need to wrap the top of the exhaust elbow in heat
shielding so the floor does not get as hot.
Today we will be movning the boat down river a bit to be ready for Friday
morning. The winds are supposed to pick up as Hurricane Lee approaches
but all forecasts have it moving north off shore and just clipping the outter
banks with 30-40 knots on the outer edge. We are moving the boat to
oriental for the weekend so I can prep the boat and then Monday we will
haul it and get to work. I think I'm going to shorten the to do list so
that we can get everything done in a week as the hotel is booked solid for
fisherman next weekend.
For now we're getting ready to go into the yard and have a few things
looked at and get some bottom paint done.