Wednesday, August 30, 2006

St. Leonard's Creek, MD - On the move again!

Amanda at the helm
[Kevin's Post] Yes, it's true we have finally departed Solomons. After almost 6 weeks of going nowhere, we still remembered how to drive the boat. We really liked it there, it was great being so close to a west marine (and grocery store, and post office) which allowed us to really knock out a bunch of boat projects. But we're definitely ready for a change of scenery. The forecast is for temps in the 70's and low 80's for the next week or so, exactly what we've been waiting for. Unfortunately, the forecast also is for rain and strong winds due to Ernesto. We can take the wind and the rain, but the heat is the real issue, so hopefully it will stay cool. We cruised up the Patuxent about 9 miles to a lovely place called St. Leonard's Creek. The creek has high banks with tall trees so should provide very good wind protection in the event Ernesto is worse than forecasted. Right now, they are forecasting only 20-25 knot winds, which is nothing extraordinary. But things can change. We'll probably stick around here for a few days until the rain lets up.

Boat Projects completed at Solomons
Genset: replaced raw water pump, cleaned heat exchanger, replaced coolant, changed oil, improved ventilation ducting, repaired hatch scupper leak
Port Engine: fixed steamy exhaust problem by replacing exhaust elbow, cleaned heat exchanger, swapped tachometers
Stbd Head: replaced joker valve
Port Head: replaced shower sump float switch
Galley: replaced leaky drinking water faucet, repaired main sink faucet, defrosted freezer
Outboard: replaced impeller, replaced gear oil, replaced trim tab zinc, rehubbed prob and reinstalled.
General: rearranged locker storage to stow bikes, reorganized fwd stateroom storage (junk room)

After completing all that work we thought we were good to go for at least a week as far as things breaking, but as soon as we left the dock we noticed the onboard GPS is completely dead. Not a big deal since we only use the chartplotter GPS anyway, but another thing that we need to fix eventually. But not today.

Where we are:
Location=St Leonards Creek
Lat=38 24.302 N
Lon=76 29.009 W

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