Havelock, NC DAY 3

The Small Craft Advisory expres later today. The Neuse River and part of Pamlico sound should be calmed down by the time we leave tomorrow morning. The water pressure pump was cutting out intermittantly then quit completely. It's deep in the starboard sponson and a pain to get to with my head down there with a headlamp plus both arms. I cut and redid all six connector butts...still wouldn't turn on. Then I thought, "What would Bob do?" and it came to me that he would have first cut and connected the red and black 12v leads to a known good 12v battery, bypassing the switches, fuses and circut breakers. No joy, dead pump motor or leads. I ordered a replacement from Defender (closer) to be sent to the Elliot's place and hopefully meet them (and less importantly, the pump) there. It's a boat, it's always something. At least the Coleman AC decided to behave itself. And the engines have been flawless. The port bilge pump (expoxied to the bilge rather than screwed into the bottom of the boat) fell over with a huge wake, so re-did that, too.
We can carry 7 days of provisions with two Engel dry boxes and two roto coolers outside plus a 2.7 fridge and solar panel, but historically have averaged 7 days max between pumpouts. That works out fine for the way we cruise and favor marinas over anchoring out.Leia mais