Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men.... we took Galt out for a test run last Sunday so the diesel mechanics could tweak any last minute changes before we left on Monday. We were about 10 minutes into our run when there was a loud screaming sound followed by the loud screaming of the diesel mechanic. We hobbled our way back to the Heritage marina where the guys pulled the top off of the engine and stared at it for at least 3 days (their female partner was down sick so, of course, no solutions were quickly coming!). After deciding that it was not going to heal itself, they began disassembling it again piece by piece trying to find the problem. After pulling it completely out of it's comfy little nest again (and sitting it right in the middle of our salon), it was discovered that a small piece of metal had broken loose, spun the main cam bearing and clogged up the oil hole. Thus, the reason no oil was flowing through the engine. We weren't going anywhere anytime soon. Now, keep in mind that Bill had already taken his car to his girls in Florida and I sold my car last Friday knowing we'd be on the river by Monday. Now our 2 day car rental has turned into a 2 week car rental. However, I do have to say that watching Bill get in and out of a Ford Fiesta has been a little entertaining! I have been trying to stay entertained by binge watching Netflix and I even had Bill suffering through a bit of Love is Blind....desperate times, desperate measures! So, we are hoping to try to launch again by the middle of next week before my brain rots.....we shall see!
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Rebecca Smith
3/9/2020 09:35:53 pm
Bless y'all! ....and here I've been dreaming that y'all were blissfully sailing away towards the south!
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