Adventures of Hiatus

08 June 2009
31 May 2009 | Portland, OR
14 May 2009 | Seabrook, Texas
13 May 2009
12 May 2009 | Texas
11 May 2009 | Gulf of Mexico
10 May 2009 | Gulf of Mexico
08 May 2009 | Gulf of Mexico
07 May 2009 | Mexico
01 May 2009 | Mexico
27 April 2009 | Belize
22 April 2009 | Lighthouse Reef, Belize
21 April 2009 | Lighthouse Reef, Belize
17 April 2009 | Cay Caulker
08 April 2009 | Belize
29 March 2009 | Lighthouse Reef, Belize
27 March 2009 | Honduras
16 March 2009 | Honduras
09 March 2009 | La Ceiba, Roatan
04 March 2009 | Roatan, Honduras

Still Here...

10 November 2008 | Bahia
Kent
Well we got underway today and made it to the end of the bay. We were the lead boat and s/v Zephyrus was following behind us when they gave us a call and told us their engine was overheating and they were turning around. We looked down at our gauge and everything was fine. I increased the throttle a bit and 5 minutes later our buzzer was going off. Supposedly the buzzer goes off if the engine overheats or if the oil is low. I always wondered if it works, well it does. I looked down and our temperature gauge was pegged. I shut off the engine right away, turned the boat around, and unrolled the genoa then jumped below to see what had happened.

It turns out the nut holding on the pulley for the water pump came loose and everything fell apart. We sailed back to the mooring and with the help of several cruisers got tied back up again. Within 15 minutes I had everything put back together, started the engine, and all is good. We are very lucky this happened while we were still in the bay and not trying to cross the bar where we would have been motoring straight into the wind.

Such is life, no damage done, we will go on tomorrows high tide. Uno Mas Cerveza por favor.

Comments
Vessel Name: Hiatus
Vessel Make/Model: CT-47
Hailing Port: Portland, OR USA
Crew: Heather and Kent Sisk
About: Email: sisk@svhiatus.com Skype: svhiatus
Extra: "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" Mark Twain
Hiatus's Photos - Adventures of Hiatus (Main)
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Created 8 June 2009
58 Photos
Created 3 April 2009
Pictures from Roatan.
61 Photos
Created 21 February 2009
Photos from Cartagena Columbia.
43 Photos
Created 2 January 2009
Transit through the Panama Canal, Perlas Islands and the San Blas Islands.
110 Photos
Created 25 November 2008
Exploring the Galapagos Islands with our friends, The Turners.
16 Photos
Created 1 November 2008
Exploring the Galapagos Islands with our friends, The Turners.
118 Photos
Created 6 October 2008
Travels with our friends, The Poes through Peru.
68 Photos
Created 6 October 2008
We will spend a few months moored in Ecuador to wait out the hurricane season north of us.
89 Photos
Created 11 June 2008
Quickly we pass through these countries .... we wish we could stay longer but we need to get south to Ecuador.
21 Photos
Created 12 May 2008
Pictures from our travels inland.
52 Photos
Created 6 May 2008
There is more to Mexico than tortilla chips and salsa ...
69 Photos
Created 19 December 2007
Heading south ...
16 Photos
Created 21 October 2007
4 Photos
Created 29 August 2007
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" Mark Twain