Just posted our latest day on the delivery that was cut short due to a belt breaking on the water pump. Hopefully fixed on a few days and we are back on the water. 

Let me know if you have questions or comments. 

We left Beaufort with a 75 mile day in front of us. The 1st third of the trip was great. We had a beautiful sunrise with Dolphins playing in our wake, shrimp boat with tons of birds, and cool temperatures.  When we entered the Neuse  River, the winds picked up and we had a bumpy ride but not too bad. As we were about to make the turn back into the ICW, the belt on the water pump broke. We put up a sail and sailed into shallower water to anchor and attempt to put a belt we had bought in Beaufort on the engine. We worked for about 2 hours with a very hot engine and cramped quarters but could not get it installed. Pat is learning how to be a boat mechanic ! We ended up calling Boat US and we were towed back to Oriental. We have contacted a mechanic and hopefully he will get to us on Wednesday. We need to figure out and address some issues for the last part of the trip. Tomorrow we will buy another Yanmar belt for both the alternator and the water pump. 

Disappointing day but if you get out on the water enough, things happen. All in all, I would not trade it for another job! 



St Augustine to Cambridge Maryland on Bristol 29.9

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