Serenity heading south...and returning home!

We said goodbye to Len & Michele and Barrie and Mary as we got an early start to cruise the 50 miles to the Hinckley Yard in Thunderbolt, GA, just south of Savannah. Since we left Charleston, the pesky leak in my starboard rudder post had returned and was leaking, but fortunately not as bad as it was before...but a leak is a leak and you are supposed to keep the salt water on the outside of the hull and not on the inside of the boat. Also, to make matters worse and to totally get my nerves frazzled, the port rubber post also started to leak…Holly we are sinking! So I called Steve Wallace at Zimmerman Marine and asked him if there were any other Zimmerman sites in our travels and Steve asked me to call Dustin at Hinckley and let him know when we would be there. By the time I called Dustin, he knew all about my problem and told me he would take care of us as soon as we got there. So the plan was to be at the Hinckley yard by noon today…and off we went…Holly stood by the emergency pumps…just kidding. Of course, in order to get to Georgia from South Carolina we have to cross a state line and you guessed it… as we crossed into another state …we open a bottle of wine, took a sip and throw a class (small glass) of wine overboard…the sea gods appreciate our kind gesture…and as usual we arrived safely at the Hinckley Yacht Yard…something must be working! As soon as we were tied up, Bob (the mechanic) came aboard and checked everything out and assured me that it was nothing difficult and he could fix it first thing tomorrow morning…boy was I ever happy…more wine tonight. We had dinner aboard and turned in exhausted.

Cheers,

Holly, Ed & Emily aboard M/V Serenity
Fair winds and calm seas for all!