Our 1st morning out, when we pulled anchor and hit the rock pile, we could not get off . Tom tried pulling us with the dinghy but it wouldn’t budge. The only boat around were 2 guys fishing in a flat bottom. Tom set off in the dinghy to ask for help but half way there the motor quit running. He rowed back to the boat and although he didn’t think he was out of fuel, we did add more. Off he went only to have it quit again but this time he couldn’t get back to the boat before the current was swiftly taking him down river. The fishermen were moving to another spot so we flagged them down. He towed Tom back and then tried to pull us off but his 50 HP Honda couldn’t budge it either. Our only option was to power off. I hope I never hear that sound again. It was much much worse than nails on a chalkboard! Tom was too upset yesterday to talk about what might be wrong with the boat. He envisioned not only new props but also bent rudder and who knows what else. Today we pulled into Port Charles (not Polestar as I said earlier) and were pleasantly surprised with only having to repair the props. While it is out of the water, Tom decided to have a few other items serviced!
We have extremely high accolades for the fast, courteous professional service offered by Port Charles Harbor (Paul Hopkins, owner). 9:00 A.M. drove right into the slings and the props were off in 30 minutes. Props are in a local prop scan shop due back here by Friday night and installed Saturday A.M.
Diann & Tom
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Glad to hear that it ended up being much less of an issue than you originally thought. It won't be long, and you will find yourself laughing about it over drinks. It is all part of the great adventure! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe stayed at the same harbor overnight on our trip up with Suite Retreat. They were able to replace a bad solenoid for us promptly that allowed us to get back to our trip with less than half a day lost. They are a great group!
Hey, Duane and Sally are on there way down your direction with their boat TImeless. They are headed for the Kentucky Lakes, so you may run into each other.
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