With light winds and favorable currents, we made Beaufort, NC by 5:30 pm, whereupon Anne and I ubered to West Marine to purchase a new sea strainer for the heating/cooling system, leaving Gordon to work on the generator issue. We were able to get the new sea strainer and returned to the marina to find that Gordon had found the problem with the cooling system for the generator - an eight inch mangrove seed pod had somehow become sucked into the intake through hull, and he was able to remove it! When the new sea strainer is installed first thing tomorrow morning, we will have heat again! Just have to make it through the 42 degree night.
We are tied up in a small marina right along the waterfront of downtown Beaufort where the “Elderly Brothers” entertained us as best they could with their limited musical ability as the sun set over the stern, and we consumed the free plastic cups of box red wine that came with our slip from the Dockside Restaurant. For the first time in recent memory, I was able to use the grill without having to contend with a stiff wind 😎 and the WiFi actually works here! Who needs CD players anyway.
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