A QUIET SPRING SUNDAY
March 18, 2012
We have a very fond memory of sitting on a dock in San Francisco many years ago in the late afternoon. The sun was bright and it was warm. I believe the occasion was an anniversary trip that took us to the area and we enjoyed being near the Bay. We could see Golden Gate and beyond the bridge was a thick fog bank. We noticed that fog bank was moving toward the Bay and soon the bridge disappeared. Ten minutes or so later, that fog bank enveloped us and one really striking thing happened: it got very cold in that fog. Something similar happened here on the Cape Fear River. Thirty minutes ago it was near 80 degrees. Now we can barely see the bow of the boat and it is in the 60s. Likewise the sounds are muffled and we hear no traffic on the river. Shouldn’t someone be sounding fog signals?
I ran the engine today and think I have a new gremlin. At about 1000 rpm, we get a rumble when in gear. It occurs between 1050 and 1100 rpm. Above or below that there is no noise. Could it be something associated with our new Max Prop? Anyway, that is something else to solve. Anyone owning a boat knows the list never goes away but does change.
The oiled toe rails are now dry and look good to us. I am not sure how often we will have to coat them but at least they are preserved. Now I have to dig out the entire sealing compound between the rails and the deck and redo that. It may not be necessary to even seal there but some boats need it to prevent leakage of the deck/hull joint. The prevention of rain related leaks is almost a full time job in older boats. So far, we have very few.