2nd time around?

   So, following is a report/update on Scooter's cruising activities since our last visit
 many moons ago. Frankly, there is not much to report. Weather issues; rain, rain, and more rain .Altho', I heard it expressed as "it only rained twice, once for 45 days, then again for anther 45 days". There were some health issues that got in the way of extended cruising; now past. Some maintenance things; You know how that is,Chuckie, open one thing up to fix it, and, lo & behold, something new rears its ugly, or expensive head; Scooter now has a new Blue Sea distribution panel, new batteries, all new LED interior lights, and all new Garmin/Standard Horizon electronics; both upper & lower stations. One new prop shaft, both strut bearings, and a new rudder box on the starboard side.  Of course there is more to do......later, man.

   All of this work, thanks again, Wayne, was done in preparation  for a trip South on the AICW this Fall/Winter. In the last month, last three weeks, in fact, the port alternator support bracket bolts sheared off, leaving the bolts in the block; fun job, but done. Water mysteriously appeared in the aft part of the engine room, not in puddles, but in a spray pattern. Problem tracked down/solved. Easy, peasey, but time consuming.

   So, Chuckie, here are November 27; car is loaded, boat is fueled, etc. Captain takes one last little bag up the nicely installed, solid, immovable paver steps, to put into the car for the trip to Scooter.
Yup, you got it; trips, can't catch himself in time, and ends up driving his right shoulder into the aforementioned solid paver step edge. Hence the occasional goofy typing; left handed 'tisn't my thing.

   Ortho doc tomorrow, then pick a new departure date for New Bern, NC, before big freeze sets in here. Life certainly does have its twists and turns, eh? We'll press on best we can. Catch you on the flip side.


































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