Foggy Mountain

05 September 2012 | North Palm Beach, FL
12 June 2012 | North Palm Beach Marine
18 May 2012 | Exiting NW Providence Channel
17 May 2012 | NE Providence Channel
16 May 2012 | 88 Miles East of NE Providence Channel
15 May 2012 | 210 Miles East of NE Providence Channel
14 May 2012 | 170 Miles NE of Mayaguana Island
13 May 2012 | 180 Miles NE of Turks and Caicos
12 May 2012 | Still North of Puerto Rico
11 May 2012 | 170 Miles North of Puerto Rico
10 May 2012 | 50 Miles NE of the BVIs
09 May 2012 | 25 Miles West of Barbuda
08 May 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
07 May 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
05 May 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
05 May 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
11 April 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
09 April 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
08 April 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
07 April 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua

Adventure In Moving

09 April 2012 | Falmouth Harbour, Antigua
Jeff
As you might have observed by the header of this post, we have not moved to a different harbor. We have merely changed our location to another part of Falmouth Harbour. This seed for moving was planted in my brain yesterday while we were pulling up some of the chain to clean the marine growth off of it. As I cleaned the chain I noticed what appeared to be abrason on the galvanized coating of the chain. As this part of the chain was likely in contact with the bottom I was concerned that something on the bottom of the harbor was damaging the chain's coating. Also, in recent days I thought that I had been hearing the chain dragging over something. The only answer was to try anchoring in a different location. As we pulled up the chain using our electric windlass it's circuit breaker repeatedly tripped requiring Pam to reset it each time. We did this until the anchor was almost all the way up at which time the breaker tripped without immediately after upon my depression of the windlass activation switch. Not a good sign. The last time that this happened was back in the early 1990's, not long after our purchase of Foggy, and then it turned out to be a bad windlass motor. At this point our re-anchoring process was interrupted by one of my venting by throwing one of my now patented "I can't deal with another broken piece of equipment temper tantrums". After the smoke cleared I hauled the rest of the chain and the anchor up by hand and we got the anchor back down and set in the new location. After troubleshooting the windlass I determined that the windlass motor is bad. When we replaced the motor back in the early 90s it cost arounf $500 just for the motor so we weren't feeling too good about the prospect of having one shipped into Antigua especially with our unresolved IRS issues. The windlass motor is not an off the shelf deal but it might be able to be repaired locally by a motor repair technician. However, after a closer inspection of the motor's condition I believe that that rust has severly compromised the case of the motor. So, it looks like a replacement of the motor will be necessary. Until then it looks like I my back and arm muscles will be getting a workout.
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Vessel Name: Foggy Mountain
Vessel Make/Model: Valiant 40, Hull# 255
Hailing Port: Boston, Ma
Crew: Jeff & Pam Nelson
About:
We grew up in Jamestown, NY and met during our high school years. After Jeff returned from naval service, during the Vietnam era, we got married in 1974. As best friends we have always gravitated towards activities that we could do together. [...]
Extra:
We are self-taught sailors taking our first sail aboard a Sunfish on a lake in Maine. We bought our first boat in 1975 and since then have owned seven boats culminating with our current vessel "Foggy Mountain". Each vessel was larger enabling us to expand our horizons. We learned how to cruise [...]

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Who: Jeff & Pam Nelson
Port: Boston, Ma