First... Quiet mornings....
I am definitly a morning person and ben is an evening person which will make for a good combo on ocean travels. For now I just enjoy my mornings by my self and devotions with God. It is amazing what He offers us in communication and comfort when we take time to listen.
On to the day
We decided to sail. They came this whole way. Welp no wind. Can't sail without wind. We tried to sail. Ben taught Jase the sailing stuff like hoisting the main, pulling up anchor, setting the sails etc . But poor Annie wasgetting sicker by the minute. We dropped sail and motored quickly. While arriving into the city of busy Annapolis on a Friday noless the engine decided to lose power. WHAT? Boats everywhere like a minefield in a warzone and we are losing power. Oh great. I looked around for a quick anchor spot only to be followed by a boat anchoring in close proxcimity. To bad for them. Normally I would be polite and move but I'm not sure how much power we would have if any. I yelled to Ben n Jase drop anchor!
The other boat looked at me. Oh well I made sure the anchor was set good and tight, put on the anchor watch so I'll know if we drift to close to them, and let out plenty of rode on the anchor. Phew! Safely in harbour but poor Annie was so miserable!
So here is the new Mensa puzzle. Why did we lose power? First we thought air in the line? Then we thought we ran out of diesel which you are not supposed to do. (we did switch tanks to see if the problem continued and it did). We checked the tanks. Plenty of fuel. Then we checked the fuel filter. Totally gummy and black! Strange. It was a new filter only 30hours of running ago. Before bed we changed the filter. How many hours can you run on one filter? Where is the yanmar maintenance manual when you need one. !?
Tonight I pray Annie can sleep it is really rocking and rolling in harbour! She took dramine before bed. Sleep well Annie. Jase seems fine.
All my love
Pam
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