Family Adventures of Hullabaloo: SailBlogs

Hullabaloo is home again

NE 15-20 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:15:13 -0500

It is Friday August 31, 2009, after nearly the entire summer, Hullabaloo is floating in the water again. Dave and Wendy (Elysium) rode with us on the four hour trip to Portsmouth. There she sat in all her repaired glory, no more holes in the hull or dings in the fiberglass. After a thorough check of repairs they put her in the sling and kerplopped her in the Elizabeth River. Port engine fired right up beautifully, you can barely even hear it run. Starboard side, not so much. Rrrr ...Rrrr... Rrrr...nothing. Then they found a bent water pump pulley on the port side. Let me tell you; when it rains it pours. Got a new starter for the SB side, but the pulley was out of stock have to have it shipped, of course. Thankfully the marina was only 500 yards up the creek and we moved her over there to await parts. The marina was very nice, and the best part it was comp-ed by the yard. (Continued...)

That is not an "Oopsy"

Dave — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:35:09 -0500

Hullabaloo is on the hard in Portsmouth, VA - the family is safelyhome in Arnold,MD. All we know for sure is we struck some undetermined submerged object while at about mile marker 24 in the Dismal Swamp. It was not a horrible sound by any means nor did it shock the boat and I figured it was just a bump until about two minutes later when the port engine quit. Fortunately the boat is designed into six watertight compartments and the infiltration was contained to the port engine area. (Continued...)

Repatriation

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:52:59 -0500

The tide was high and the seas were calm so we saved our selves a few hours and showed off yet another reason to sail on a catamaran, we snuck in behind Whale Cay - unheard off on a monohull. Read 'em and weep boys. (Continued...)