It was the best of times and the worst of times

We believe we have found the problem I wish that some one had listened to me. We are getting water in through the bilge pump hose. Our new bilge pump gave up. At least now we know what the problem is. We are headed for Hinkley in Savanah to have it looked at tomorrow. Currently we are headed forIlse of Hope Marina to spend the night.

I said there was another problem. Our generator is not working. I think it is a fuel problem created when we emptied the diesel tank.

Otherwise we are doing well and by 1:00 P. M we will be at Savanah.

Lots of Dolphins today.

A very long day, but!!!

This morning we got up at 6:00 well I was up about 5:40. Then Trish and I fixed the broken water pump by replacing it. We then went 30 miles mostly against the current from Palm Cove Marina to The Fernandina Inlet. This was followed by 50 nautical miles from the Inlet to Sapelo Sound plus 4 miles in from the sea bouy.

On the way the Auto Pilot started to work, the waves built to 4 or 5 feet and the wind increased to about 15 or 16 Knots. We motored sailed most of the way at between 7.5 and 8.5.

We have been traveling for one and a half days. If we had done it all in the ICW we would have travelled 166 miles. Going outside helps by cutting the miles and increasing the speed. By the way we are in Georgia.

A long day but the sunset makes it all worth while.

Just as I wrote this we discovered a problem actually two. More to come

Trish relaxing on the Atlantic a Ocean

We are still moving along with about three hours to go. We are very thankful for the 28,000 lbs. the waves are confused as the wing comes up to 10 knots. By the way we are listening to big band music, but are too busy to dance. I forget if I said that the Auto Pilot has decided to work, which makes life a lot easier.

A couple of additional problems

Yesterday our Auto Pilot would not work, this morning our fresh water pump stopped.

I had a little pump on board and installed it before we left Palm Coast Marina.

The Auto Pilot is another story we are having difficulty finding someone to look at it. If we sailin the ocean today and tomorrow we should we able to get to Savanah where Hinkley will look at it.

We are currently off St Simons Island motor sailing at about 7.6 knots. We have 32 nautical miles to our destination Sapelo Sound.

We are on our way

Good morning from Marineland Marina

We have not left. Gene came and looked agreed with everything. He thought the water source was not a spray but a mist coming from the drip less stuffing box. The salty air would then be sucked over to the turbo and air intake. In my mind this does not explain the AC pump. In the last 9 or 10 months of use we have had 3 AC pumps.

Al was not able to come yesterday. He did phone at about 6:30 or so to say he would be here by 8:50 this morning. We are ready and waiting. More to come.

Txt his is our new view. After pumping out and having been assured Al would be here last night and we would be leaving early this morning we moored at a dock.

Just about ready

Good morning

Today I will take the car back, we shopped yesterday. Then we will pump out, we got water yesterday. Gene is coming from Fort Myers and meeting with Al at his shop in Daytona around 10:30 this morning. They will then come here and look at the engine and work done. Al has one more piece to do. After all of this we will be ready to go.

I do not think we will leave today, but if it all gets done quickly we would like to get going. We will be checking the motor each evening.

The blog has been very quiet for a while. There are two reasons. First there is nothing to do here so we have run out of things to say. Second, the saga of our motor repair has developed in such a way both Trish and I believe we would be best to publish the story after we are out of Florida.

The weather is beautiful warm and sunny. We will do our best to bring the heat with us. For now this picture will have to surface.