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Posting Date: Sunday, January 5, 2014 Rainy and cool about 72 degrees.
Day 235 Entry 0044
Boot Key Harbor and Marina Mooring #W10 http://www.ci.marathon.fl.us/government/departments/marina-and-ports/
Actual Date: December 31, 2013 Tuesday
Subject: Party like a local. 5
Subject: Party like a local. 5
Captain
Steve started the dinghy and we took off.
We hadn’t gotten very far when the engine stalled! GREAT!
Thinking that it might be a clogged filter or a dirty spark plug we
rowed back to the boat. Grateful, the
wind was with us! He checked the filter
first thing, (the man loves his filters!) And that was not the problem. Moving on to the spark plug and that was not
the problem. Saving the best for last,
now on to the carburetor! Which means he
has to remove the carburetor from the engine.
GREAT! So I got news papers and a
cardboard box to catch the gasoline that might drip from the carburetor. (Yes I have some newspapers and cardboard
boxes on board! But I must say they have
all been inspected and kept in a plastic bag, very tightly sealed!) Well
removing the carburetor while the outboard in attached to the dinghy transom, is
not an easy thing to do! I’ll use the word ‘precarious, to be
polite! There is no margin for
errors! So picture this: Captain Steve is standing up in the dinghy,
leaning over the outboard, with a tiny screw driver in one hand and with the
other, holding on to the screws, nuts, bolts, washers and gaskets, so they don’t
fall into the water! All the while the
dinghy is bobbing up and down by the wind, waves, and the wake of other boats and
every few seconds bouncing into the swim platform as well.
In the meantime I am on deck calling on my ‘go to girl’ praying he doesn't drop the carburetor or anything else into the water. Since it has always been the case with me that the last thing checked it the culprit – yes it was the carburetor! After an hour of dismantling and cleaning the carburetor, he was ready to get back in the dinghy and re install the nice clean carburetor! Again I called on my ‘go to girl’ and now I prayed I would not drop the carburetor when I handed it to Captain Steve in the dinghy. Neither of us dropped anything!
While he took another shower, I said a big “Thank you!’ to my ‘go to girl’ as I picking up his tools and stuff!
In the meantime I am on deck calling on my ‘go to girl’ praying he doesn't drop the carburetor or anything else into the water. Since it has always been the case with me that the last thing checked it the culprit – yes it was the carburetor! After an hour of dismantling and cleaning the carburetor, he was ready to get back in the dinghy and re install the nice clean carburetor! Again I called on my ‘go to girl’ and now I prayed I would not drop the carburetor when I handed it to Captain Steve in the dinghy. Neither of us dropped anything!
While he took another shower, I said a big “Thank you!’ to my ‘go to girl’ as I picking up his tools and stuff!
We got back
in the dinghy, delayed but not defeated!
Sea u
later! Party like a local! 6
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