Big Milestone, Little Progress

Oriental, NC, Starcraft Boatyard

35 01.987 N 076 41.136 W

 

We are en route! After a year's hiatus, we are now officially cruisers once again. Need I say that we are very happy about that.

Not only that, but the wind cooperated and we had a nice sail down here from New Bern. It was cold and damp but we didn't care. So much to motivate us to get our butts south.

Our engine problem didn't get fixed, so we will stay here overnight. Tomorrow, the head mechanic from Beta Marine (our engine manufacturer) will come to help diagnose the problem. The symptom is vibrations at low speed, when in neutral. At cruising RPM, it is smooth as could be, Daryl, the mechanic here is stumped. I raised suspicion about the brand new transmission and damper plate that we installed in Whitehall, NY a year ago. There are only 100 engine hours since that.

But we are not discouraged or frustrated yet. We are too happy to be cruisers once again.