Becoming boaters
Update on our new boating life
with apologies for being an inconsistent correspondent
We are five months into Becoming Boaters. From our humble and low expectations - we've managed the following:
No hard contact with any stationary structures, including lake bottom.
28 nights, 37 days on board, at marina, socializing with new friends, cruising family
6 anchorages, 1 raft up w/8 other boats - so much fun!
70 hours cruising time, 210 hours repair time, 120 hours cleaning
Lots of good docking and putting in the slip for Chuck - including my first yesterday!
Repairs:
Serious vibration @ 1000 RPM = Engine realignment
Low WOT RPM = Rebuilt turbo then fuel injector
Failed transducer = Haul out and install replacement
Leaking seal around replaced transducer = Haul out and reseal
Erratic RPM = Replaced alternator
Failure to start = Replaced starter
No coffee during anchorage = Replaced generator fuse, then capacitor
All in all, not a bad list! It helps that Chuck is the "thing whisperer." Things usually straighten up and fly right as soon as he lays hands on. When they don't, he takes them apart and puts them back together until they do - fly right, that is!
I must say, even after 46 years, I still love a guy who knows how to get things done
Here are some pictures:
The pictures of the engine and the grandkids are properly oriented in my pictures file, but they upload rotated 90degrees. I don't know how to fix this within Trawler Forum, but I'm sharing anyway, b/c after all, who doesn't want to see pics of the grands on the boat
The settings are our lovely Cedar Mills Marina and Yacht Club. Enjoy!