Spencer
03/21/2010, Beaufort

"Mom - what's that???"

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Spencer
03/21/2010, Beaufort, NC

Kathleen tells me that it's a lot harder than it looks to get a good picture of the dolphins!

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Spencer
03/21/2010, Beaufort, NC

This is our first blog update from anchor. We are in Beaufort, NC and loving every minute of it. There are dolphins all around us and wild horses on the shore. The weather is a perfect 70 and mostly sunny. We launched our kayaks for the first time while anchored and it was very easy. They are going to be a great part of our traveling and exploring. As I am typing this, there are dolphins surfacing all around the boat and Kathleen is taking pictures like a crazy woman... We'll post one of the best ones soon. Mauri (our cat) is sitting up on deck watching the dolphins with great interest, but not much concern... he continues to be stretched out on one of our deck chairs - cleaning, pausing with each dolphin sighting!

We continue to have an air leak in our fuel system and I have determined that the bleed screw is stripped to the point that it will need to be replaced along with the filter housing. I have a plastic washer that I am hoping will allow us to get home tomorrow without the 5 bleed sessions that I conducted while underway yesterday. I can do it in 30 seconds with the engine running - for whatever that's worth. I hope to have the full cooperation from Beta Marine when I talk to them tomorrow... this is getting very old!

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Spencer
03/19/2010, New Bern

Our vhf radio doesn't work very well, and I'm sure it's the old antenna and coax wire that are to blame. This was surprisingly inexpensive at about $45 - on sale at West Marine. I need help with this project and hope that Kathleen can make some progress on it this weekend.

We are leaving at 0800 tomorrow morning with a buddy boat - Pale Moon to cruise over to Beaufort, NC for a couple nights on the hook. I'm trying to convince them to raft up with us at anchor - they usually get a slip... we'll see. Rafting is always so much fun, especially for the pets - they have a lab and we of course have Mauri the crazy cat!

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Spencer
03/19/2010, New Bern

I replaced our three very nasty winch handle holders with these from Lewmar - also an inexpensive improvement at about $15 each. One on each side of the cockpit and another at the base of the mast. I had a little trouble with the mast - broke two screws and had to resort to installing them by hand - crazy!

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