Well It's Friday

Thought ya'll might want to see what has been causing all of these issues!!  Before we get there, a lighter moment.  I was thinking if you are talking with one person from the south, it is not unusual for a person to hear,  "Hey, ya'll come on over this afternoon."  So I got to thinking one day - if ya'll can be used to address one person - How do you address many people - as in what is the plural of ya'll????  All Ya'll??

So with that bit of non-sense,  here are two pictures of the prop shaft as they were pulled from the boat!

Both pictures show a longitudinal line (parallel to the shaft) about 2-1/2" long.  This is the result of cutting the old shaft coupler off when the new engine was installed. The first picture also depicts a small hole which was the original hole for the set screw for the original coupler.  The large hole is the hole for the new coupler - notice the difference??  The large hole was drilled while the shaft was in the boat - not on a drill press where it would have been accurately sized and drilled.  The second pic also has a key-way shown.  Now there is a piece of bronze bar that fits into that key-way slot and into a matching slot on the coupler side.  My question is how that matched the coupler slot as the prop shaft was not pulled from the boat when the new coupler was installed.  So this is what was thrown out of the coupler.  Gives you an idea of what we are bargaining with.

So we are back in the water today and yesterday.  The engine manufacturer wants the boat to settle in the water for 24 hours and the alignment rechecked just to make sure it is accurate.  So this morning, Romero is due back to recheck everything prior to running the sea trial.  That shouldn't take really very long.  The delay will be the financial responsibility.  So this is going to be interesting.  We will be working on this one by phone. 

So we splashed the boat yesterday.  I am still amazed at how easily and deftly the lift operator can swing this boat - at 43,000lbs - around the yard.  That big red thing is the boat lift, and doggone, I didn't get a picture of the boat in the sling - guess I was too busy marveling over the beauty of the boat!!

I am sure there will be more this afternoon, but chances are, we will be out of here and hopefully on our way to Port Canaveral to meet up with Renne's father for Father's Day.  If there isn't anything written for a couple of days, don't be too concerned.

In the meantime, it's early, how about meeting us for Bloody Mary's this morning at the Tiki Bar before Romero gets here.  Take care,

Jon and Renne' (JonNe')