April 5, 2011

We are currently dry and snug in Clearwater YC waiting for the weather to clear. We had a tremendous front move through with gusts up to 60 mph (per local news). We were up in the club watching so no discomfort for crew. The boat is dry inside thanks to David rebedding our leaky port yesterday. Good timing on his part. He was waiting on a phone call from the Yanmar gurus and had to do something. They did eventually connect and we're moving to Treasure Island once the weather clears to be closer to the engine repair center. The mechanic seems to have a vector to work from so we may be back in motoring business soon. We're still prepared to spend or do whatever is needed to get her running again and not asphyxiating us. On another bright note, the Westons also have an expert headed out this afternoon to help them resolve their technical woes with depth and autopilot. David and Craig were able to troubleshoot the problem down to a narrow range so the Raymarine guy should be able to put his tester on the unit and let them know what needs to happen next. Hopefully in a few days we'll have both boats ship-shape.