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Friday, July 11, 2014

Day 6 – (6/28/2014)


Sunday was just another day in paradise. Blue skies, warmer temps, but still no wind to speak of. We dropped the mooring at ~9:00 AM, waved good-bye to the CIYC and headed back into Long Island Sound. We could see Stamford well in the distance since it has the tallest building in that section of Connecticut.

As we arrived at the mark around Shippan Point we heard a flapping noise coming from the engine. Closer inspection showed our new serpentine belt for the larger alternator started shredding and beating itself to death against the engine. Of course, since we didn’t make that last trip to Hanover, the spare was at home. Losing the alternator would not have been so bad but the belt also drives the engine water pump. If this failed it would have caused the engine to overheat so we throttled back and limped the last mile to the marina.

Since we were 2 days early, we were given a temporary slip on C dock. The slips are wide with floating, concrete docks and full length finger piers. It is like walking on the sidewalk and certainly not what we’ve been used to. We will also have to get used to the 8-10 foot tides that are typical of this area.

Resolve at Seaview House Marina

leg (19.5 nm / 3h6m)
trip (275.1 nm / 41h43m)

We had lunch at my parents’ house, borrowed a car, and drove Dave & Lois back to their car in Edgemere, MD. and drove our 2 cars back to Hanover, PA

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