Smith's Falls day 2

After some false starts, finally reached a helpful Parts Dept tech at Hurst Marina, which is 31 miles away and two weeks out for service. He spent several hours overall making phone calls to find suitable F150 props in stock. They have a Yamaha LH 17P in stock, to get the RH in would take three to five days. We paid for them and made plans to move North. There are no SOLAS or other brands available. They don't have have any interest in changing props in these waters any more than I do, but the rig is back in Delaware, and They don't have nearly as much arthritis as I do. So it looks like a short haul on the Travel Lift ($350) is in her future if we don't want to abort (and we don't).

The Mishap Review Board is aboard and met during breakfast. The strike did not stall either engine. John was driving (22MPH, our slowest steady planing speed in Heavy Cruise Mode). I put down the anchor, cut the engines and raised the outdrives while Eileen assessed the props. I marked the spot on the display, but by then had drifted some. The Reds and Greens are very twisty and as little as two boat lengths apart. The Garmin track clearly shows in 6-8 feet of water with absolutely no charted obstructions, though I was on the wrong side of a green because we'd just met a large boat. Back east of N561 'Hunter Rock" at 2 ft is charted on the latest SD card, although my path is over the 6-8 ft line. Most Canadian Escarpment rocks are perfectly content to remain in position for millions of years, but perhaps I hit a frisky one. To me the prop damage (esp the port skeg ditzel) suggests a rocky rather than a woody encounter. At that same point, Aqua Map has Hunter Rock in a different position and even an Alternate Recommended Route line going AROUND it in 1.9ft of water. Wouldn't it be better to go OVER Hunter? PS Canadian Hydrography does all the charting data and other companies purchase it.

I never pass up a train museum, so we had to go. We were first in line so we grabbed the Conductors seats up top in the caboose. A nearby unused RR bascule bridge was designed so carefully that even with two sets of tracks and all that steel it could be raised or lowered manually with only one hand on the lowering wheel.Read more