Our anchorage last night was absolutely perfect. I included
a shot of our back yard this am. The river was like glass.
Last night when Jim was doing his engine room checks, he
noted some water on the floor of the engine room, but he could not figure out
where is was coming from. Can you spot the missing piece in the picture below?
In order to cool the engines, our boat sucks in water from
the river and then spits it out an exhaust. This particular exhaust pipe had a
pinhole in it and water was spitting out. It is so hot, that by the time Jim
got down to the engine room, the pipe was already dry.The hole was very small and we have putty or liquid metal that
could have repaired it but as Jim said, one hole will likely lead to many holes
so it is time to change that pipe. This
means we get to spend the next 2 days in this beautiful marina called Demopolis
Yacht Basin. We had to order the pipe in and they will courier it overnight so
we will have it by tomorrow some time, however the next leg of our trip is at
least an 8 hr drive and there is some weather coming in, so we decided to stay
here two nights instead of just one.
Tonight we had a lovely Looper's docktail hour on a deck of
a building the marina has. After some socializing we went out for Pizza with 4
other couples. As usual a lovely night was had by all. We started our dinner
with a toast by Jim Sr. Which was as follows. There are tall ships, there are
small ships, there are many different types of ships; but the best ship is
friendship and I toast to all of you. Good night all.
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