Rejected

Burlington, VT
NoLL

This morning we returned to Burlington. Our intention was to leave Tarwathie on a city mooring overnight while we enjoyed a anniversary dinner on shore. (It's our 44th today.)

Anyhow, we picked up a mooring and prepared to go ashore, the harbormaster boat came by. They said that we would have to leave -- all the moorings are reserved for a regatta. Oh well.

We moved a half mile away and anchored. The winds are not supposed to be strong tonight, so leaving Tarwathie at anchor and without the protection of the breakwater should be OK.

Going ashore, I got another unwelcome surprise. It seems that my rescue of the Honda outboard motor was not complete. Our 2HP motor has no forward-neutral-reverse. Instead it has a centrifugal clutch. Well the clutch slipped like crazy. It must be full of water. We had to use almost full speed on the motor to make the dinghy move at all. Darn. I'm not sure yet how to remedy that problem.