Running to Jacksonville today we battled a few new demons but by the Grace of God we got in safe and will take tomorrow to regroup.

 We ran in the AICW for 18 miles and then broke free into the Atlantic. Running smooth for about 6 miles when the gennygator shut down. Checked on that and there was water everywhere on the starboard side. I hadn't changed the Genny Racor since before the fuel filter and polish so we got that done rocking and rolling in a hot engine room. Didn't fix the problem so we decided to run fast and get to the marina - went down to check and found a high pressure water spray drenching the starboard side and coming from the exhaust water jacket. Shut it down, dried it out, cleaned it off and patched with epoxy and tape. An hour later after bubbling along on the port engine we fired up the starboard and she ran dry and smooth. Kept the speed down and walked into a marina to let things cool down and dry out. We'll pray and cogitate overnight before coming up with a plan. Enjoy every day! 


Part of the overtaping part of my patch.

68 mile run today.

Lots of Navy presence in Jacksonville - missile destroyer undergoing some work.

Castle name for photo below.

Castille San Marco.

Old St Augustine.

Fish head coming out of the boathouse - nice touch.

Beautiful coming up the AICW this morning.

Sunrise over Mainland on our dog walk.

Concrete floating docks are really nice!

Sunset last night was spectacular.

Ditto.

Wally gator was floating by at sunset.

The Ark at sunset in Marineland.


Pano of our marina with us on the T-head.

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LINDA and JIM WECKMAN said…
Wonder were you get some of that rocket fuel? NO CONTAMINATION, Nothin in the tool kit better than the roll of tape — always a miracle. Wondering what the new dink and motor combination is, and how mounted to the Arc
Keep the pictures coming, we are tied to B dock still waiting for the repairs to be finished on C
June 22, 2022 at 7:42 PM
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