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Farmers Market
And the work beginsSam and I spent most of the afternoon working on two through hull sea cocks. There's a very large seacock under the galley sink on the port hull just above the water line that we have tried before to loosen up. We had to literally crawl into the locker feet first crouch under the counter and work on the seacock there. The back side of the fitting is against a bulkhead and is not accessable for using a pully puller. So we loosened everything we could and put Kroil penetrating oil on it and let it sit for about 5 hours. We took the little oil plug out and filled it with oil 3 or 4 times then put a big wrench on it and hit it with a rubber mallet and it came free! I was so excited. That was the one I though I was going to have to cut out to free up. I don't think there are any others I won't be able to free up now. Then we can just remove and grease them all and put them back together. Man, I love bronze! it's an amazing metal! I like things that are built to last. I don't care if it's old. It's better!
in the morning we went to the farmers market with Annimaashi and the little french bakery in Beaufort. We talked to the Park service stand at the farmers market about the horses and they told us they were being kicked out of the old post office and will not be able to give tours of the island or Cape Lookout any more. Thats really quite sad. For various reasons of similar ilk I'm not sure that Beaufort will continue to be such a wonderful place for cruisers to visit. None the less we had fun at the market. Mom had and Apple Turnover, I had an orange cranberry scone and then we ate burritoes. It was fun to spend some time off the boat with our friends and re-acquainted with the area.
They then moved their boat from Taylor Creek to Oriental and got a slip right next to our friends on Covenant! So we spent the evening at the marina.
After blowing the Conche shell at sunset we came back and Sam and I were able to free up the seacock after it had set for 5 hours or so. And now Hannah is making grilled cheese and Tomato soup after we put her galley back together.