Connecticut . USA
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Sun 26 Jun 2011 14:12
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SATURDAY 25th JUNE
2011
Going back to last Thursday, it was a damp morning,
skipper packed his bags and Jacinta drove him back to " A Lady"
meanwhile Aileen had all her bags with her and at
14.30 hrs was driven to J.F.K airport in New York, for her flight at 21.50
hrs.
back to Ireland for a couple of weeks,
Skipper got into the generator, removed the MPU. (
magnatic pulse unit) this thing controls the govenor, which in turn controls
the speed of the engine as it comes under load or
visa versa,
anyway, the unit was covered in metal fragments, so
no wonder its not working properly, a slow clean and all should be
ok.
BUT, But, but, it was not to be, sputter, splutter
again, ahhhhhhh !
Skipper took it apart again , cleaned it again, but
no real improvement, so we just left it there for another time,
Skipper met Jeremy Maxwell ( service manager) and
discussed removing & resealing the Saloon windows, remember , we have
on going
problems with these leaking since they were
installed in early 2007, imagine , these were all new windows at the
time,
We also discussed lifting the boat out of
the water and having her cleaned and antifouled, after all, it was 12 months ago
in " Tahiti"
since the last antifouling job was done,
Jeremy ( from the U.K.) would know the
Cudmores, and Joe English, and Denis Doyle ( RIP ) and named many more as well,
everywhere we go, we meet people that know friends
at home,
Skipper also met one of the two owners of "
Brewers" boat yards, ..................... Rives Potts,
Rives gave skipper his runabout " Smart Car
" to go to the store for some goodies,
" Brewer Pilot Point Marina " has 850 berths, and
is one of 23 marinas that Brewer own on the east coast, It has fantastic
facilities,
including huge indoor and outdoor storage, work
shops, offices, a small chandlery, a couple of restaurants and function
spaces,
great well maintained showers and toilets, great
well maintained grounds , picnick areas, flower beds, fountains, streams,
bicycles, and trollies, ( and " Stars & Stripes" ) for show under cover. and finally, it
has courtasy coaches
which will run you to where ever you want to go,
with in reason,
FRIDAY 24th
Skipper got out the fold up bicycle from the
Lazerette , put it all together and went for a long trip, well about 15 miles,
and had
to turn back as the arse was getting sore, not used
to this , so will have to be eased into training,
It is so beautifull around here and great for bikes
as it is all so flat, They are big into " Green" and conservation
so all boats are fitted with " black water tanks"
for colecting toilet waste, you are not allowed to put it into the water
anywhere
around the Long Island Sound area, and every marina
is fitted withe the necessary equipment for pumping out these tanks,
SATURDAY 25th
Aileen arrived home safe and sound early yesterday,
Skipper lowered the rib into the water and cleaned
the newely acquired scratches on the sides of the boat, this was
only
moderatly successfull.
Later, he went for a trip in the rib, first up the
river estuary and then out the harbour ( spelt harbor over here ) and along the
coast to
Clinton, It was a good day, sun shining with flat
water and little wind,( about 8knots ), yes, this is the way to
spent the
afternoon on the water, surprising
though, there were not very many boats out in the bay, for a place that has
nearly 1,000 boats
close bye,
Later, skipper tried again twice to sort out the
PMU, but again failed to get it working properly, so next time, will just
install a new PMU, it must be
faulty................and we have a spare since Australia,
A lot of enjoyable time was spent talking to other
boat owners, the marina staff, whose office is located right next to " A Lady
"
and generally relaxing and absorbing the atmosphere
of the place,
Dinner was a chicken curry and rice, with an
Avacado and lobster starter, all this was done while watching
" the Mission " on the DVD, ohh, such a powerfull
film,
Lobsters around here are very plentifull , and good
value in comparrison to Eurpoe, yum, yum,
The weather is going to be mixed for the next few
days, thunder showers will be frequent, yeach,
ThATS IT FOR NOW,
Signed :-- Stephen Hyde ( Skipper
)
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