Moving day

We found the boat in Edgewater at a very nice marina right off the South River.  We went into this knowing the motor was suspect.  It would not start.  Marina guy said it was the stator.  I took the motor to an interesting shop.  American Outboard Salvage.  That guy got it running.   We had two options.  Keep the boat at the marina on the south river for the winter or mover the boat to the neighborhood.  It's October so the Chesapeake can be dicey this time of year.  We picked a Sunday.  Weather was forecast 6-8 knots from the south.  That forecast would have us on a run all the way.  Our trip was about 15 miles.  We started out the river under power.  Problems started right away.  The motor would not run unless the fuel primer bulb was constantly pumped.  We got out to Thomas Point Light and decided to put the sails up.  No wind.  We bobbed around for about an hour and only made about a mile.  Started the motor and pumped the bubble for the next hour.   As we approached the Bay Bridge the motor stopped pumping water, overheated and quit running.  So we started sailing again but progress was slow.  It was getting late in the day and we we were not going to make the Chester River.  We sailed into the Magothy River and docked at a yard we used a number of years ago.  We had been on  the bay for over 7 hours and were tired and beat.   We left the boat and went home.


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