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We escaped!!!

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:43:58 -0600

We eventually escaped Elizabeth City , & had a beautiful motor to Alligator River(engine working fine), so much for the north wind! Thanks for the shoal update Pete, we made it through with no problems. We did hear that a Trawler after us went aground!! guess they don't appear on Prim's mailing list :-) Jennifer of course was knitting up a storm & finished another Xmas present. Oh yes Pete, we heard over the VHF there is a catamaran with 3 daxies on board, but did not get their name. Tomorrow we will either get up late & make it to the end of Alligator river, or get up early & try & make it to Dowery Creek Marina. This morning when we awoke there was ICE on the boat, obviously we are not moving fast enough south, time to remedy this situation.. (View Post...)

Change of scenery

Jennifer - Sunny but cool. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:57:21 -0600

Change of scenery (Continued...)

Just can't get out of Eliz City!!!

Al — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:22:08 -0600

We left yesterday, to what promised to be beautiful day, sun 5-10kt winds 1-2ft waves. 1 1/2 hrs out we developed engine problems, so turned around and headed back to Eliz City, with Jennifer at the helm & me down below squeezing the fuel primer bulb to keep the engine running, had fuel pump problems. Anyway it is now fixed & the Carb had a good readjusting, & seems to be better. We ran the engine at the dock in gear under power for 2 hours & glad to report no problems, except a couple of times it missed a beat. Concensus on the dock is that it is due to condensation in the fuel tank, a common problem with the cold we are having, so today will go the the Auto store & get some Lucas fuel stuff. The weather forecast changes twice a day! but hope to be gone tomorrow or on Sat / Sun. (View Post...)