It’s finally coming together

As Christine mentioned in her Friday blog we now have a working engine. Besides removing and replacing the bad gas, the fuel pump was bad. When we first started looking at the engine several months ago the fuel pump was a prime suspect. It wasn’t working but when our mechanic cleaned the carburator he also took off the fuel pump and cleaned it out. After that it was working which would explain why we had a couple of days when the engine worked fine before it pooped out again.

We plan to leave the dock on Wednesday and take Rough Draft out for a test run and sail. If all goes well then we are hoping to leave with Christine on Thursday. The long range forcast calls for thunderstorms on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so we can only hope the forcasters are off base.  If not, then Sunday and Monday look better so we’ll play it by ear.

Wish us luck and I’ll keep you posted on our progress, as I’m sure Christine will on her Friday posts.

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