November 24, 2015 Days 1-2 South for the Winter 2015-16
Top
Rack MarinaChesapeake, VA
It
has been such a long time since we have updated our blog. What we thought would be three weeks for
repairs to our broken bowsprit turned out to be eight weeks!
We
are so grateful to Bill’s brother for opening his home to us and for lending us
a car for those eight weeks! During that time, we also went on a fun cruise to
Bermuda, visited family and friends locally, completed all Dr. appointments,
shopped, attended a fabulous performance of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas“, and ate way too much
food!
Yesterday,
we picked up our boat (which looks wonderful now) and had her launched back in
the water. We were ready to drive off
the lift and the port engine would not start.
We had the boatyard contact an electrician and six hours later, the
problem was still not solved. By now it was getting dark, so they jumpstarted
the engine and we were able to pull around and tie up to their outside wall to
spend the night.
The
electrician returned this morning and determined we need a new safety cut off
switch. He wired it so we can still start the engine. Bill will order the
switch and install it himself. At any
rate, we were able to leave shortly before ten this morning.
We
traveled just under two hours to Top Rack Marina, located on the Elizabeth
River in Chesapeake, VA. We can’t pass
up their diesel price ($1.92/gallon)! We
decided to spend the night here since we would not get to our next destination
until after dark. We finished unpacking
and relaxed for the afternoon. We had a
delicious dinner at the Amber Lantern, a restaurant adjacent to the marina.
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| Getting ready to launch! |
We
will be on our way to North Carolina tomorrow morning.
