Still At It!

12/7/2014 - We left Merritt Island Anchorage this morning just after sunrise. The fog, although not thick, hung around until the sun began to heat things up a bit. The temp this morning was 64 deg and dew point was 63, with a humidity of 98%. Yup, there was fog.

We were turning about 1900 rpm and doing about 8.2 kts most of the way. Somewhere around noon or 1pm, I checked the bilge. It smelled like diesel, so I called for Warren, and he found ONE MORE LEAK-wrong, TWO MORE LEAKS!  Damn!  There was diesel in the bilge, and Warrwn discovered a leak in the fuel pump on the Starbord engine , of course on the STARBOARD SIDE!  Remember, both Warren and I are still a bit chunky, so getting to that leak will probably take an act of God, or a bigger wallet than we have at this moment.  He is not worried about it, but we have made the decision to add external fuel pumps to each engine.  Hopefully, they will arrive in St. Petersburg before we arrive.

We arrived at Jensen Beach North, and we are anchored just south of the bridge. Renne' and I anchored here in April on our journey north to Annapolis.  We will be out early tomorrow morning.

Oh, the second leak was the genset, which has been running all day today. Warren tightened the hose clamps (6 of them), and it appears that leak has stopped. We relocated the flapper switch for the bilge, and expect that will prevent pumping any residual fuel into the ICW-a good thing.

I know Warren seems to be doing all of the maintenance, but we are so blessed to have someone on board wholives and breathes Diesel engines!  We are crunched for time, so finding all of these issues have been of extreme importance.  Thank You Warren!  By the time we get to Houson, most of our issues will be resolved or identified!

Heading for bed.  Didn't see any of you for Sundowners, so we celebrated Renne's birthday with fabulous Ribeye steaks, sautéed baby white potatoes, mushroom/onion/bourbon sauce, and broccoli. Outstanding.  Happy Birthday Sweetie! I love you!