One of the things Joe discovered after we got back from our aborted
attempt to go to sea on Wednesday was a leaking sea water pump on the port
engine. (I told him to quit looking in the engine room, no good ever comes of
that) So, with Dave’s assistance, we removed the pump and disassembled it. It had a leaking seal which we found to be
available on line, but not handily, and till we got it fixed, we were dead in
the water. Dave conferred with the
Marina Maintenance Man, who declared these pumps to be non-repairable, (which
prompted Joe and I to come up with our pump overhaul business plan). Chuck and his associate, Merlyn, the maintenance men, were happy to order us a replacement pump
for $400.00 and it would arrive here by 0730 the next morning. So order it we
did. Now, having nothing better to do
since we could not go to sea, even if the winds allowed it, we launched the
dinghy to motor up to the end of the marina cove, where there were many
Manatees swarming. We were able to get to within about 6 feet of them.
Beth and I went
first, then Joe and Patt.
Joe had worked
up such a lather that he had to get into the water to cool off. (water
temperature of 67 degrees).
While he was
in the water he caught the “crabs”.
Don Fortune, the former Kansas City area
Sports Broadcaster came down and visited with us for another hour or so. He visited with Beth while his dog “Skipper”
visited with Joe. He advised us that we
were entitled to use the marina pool and hot tub during our stay so off we went
to the tub. Returning from the tub we
noticed that the Marina Lounge was having a Karaoke event. Joe and I went to
this event to evaluate the talent. We
found plenty of talent, none of it good.
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