Boat Chores
30 October 2009 | Washington NC
Carrie
While visiting our friends Elizabeth, Morris, Anja and Bill, we took the opportunity to do some boat chores in between all the Farkling, eating and renewing of old friendships. The first three hours were spent changing the engine oil and filters, the transmission fluid and the raw water impeller. All of the above went so smoothly that Carl just had to say "This makes me nervous." So the karma wheel began to turn and show us just how nervous we could become. As we cranked the engine everything seemed fine, it wasn't until we tried to turn it off that our problems began. "The electric kill switch isn't working, where's the manual Kill switch?, I don't know, I though you knew where it was, I don't know where it is, go get the manual, go get Robin, do something." OK, we found the manual kill switch with Robin's help and discovered a badly corroded relay that Carl was able to replace with the help of a local parts store. Everyday brings us closer to fully understanding our engine.