We all roundly agreed that the cooler weather has been perfect for this kind of work. As we all know, this family never does well in the heat and humidity, so all the bilge and engine room work in addition to working outside would have quite possibly ended with somebody walking the plank had it, in fact, been what we're told is more typical weather for the area. Even so, it was a beautiful day with a promise of high winds to come, so we decided to check out the dinghy before those started kicking. After some trial and error with the rigging system, the Patty Anne was launched!
Where does this line go?
Success! The Patty Anne floats!
Somewhat surprisingly, no drain holes were left unplugged in this endeavor...
Even more surprisingly, the engine started up with very little coaxing! Dad took in on a tour up current in case the engine quit and he had to drift back. He figured we'd at least see him waving a paddle and making a fuss. Either that or we'd meet up somewhere in the Atlantic....
Dad's tour successfully complete, off we decided to go.... until a friendly passerby noted that, um, hey, so your engine doesn't seem to be spitting out the cooling water. Might want to check that out....
So off we went to search for diagrams, manuals, repair shops, etc.
After swinging by the local Yamaha Fixit, we needed lunch. (Of course. You knew this was coming.)
Survey of 3 says hands down the best burritos we've ever had!
A few afternoon hours of drudge work, and then our friendly neighbor mentioned that he was on his way to the local Harris Teeter for their Thursday night steak special, so we got in on that. Pretty tasty, but a bit of Traeger smoking wouldn't have gone amiss...
By the time sunset came around, Mom and Dad were falling asleep while Wenikio was frantically on the phone and computer trying to make summer moving plans....
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