On the hard in Port Canaveral
By Jon. Filed in Uncategorized |
Well, we’ve had our trip interrupted for a bit, and we’re on the hard (boat hauled out of the water and put on jack stands on dry land, for you landlubbers!). After watching Monday’s Atlantis space shuttle launch, as we were leaving the area our prop shaft coupling bolts sheared off because of an engine misalignment problem. So we had the boat hauled to check for damage to the rudder (there was some minor damage), and while we’re at it we’re going to re-paint the bottom with a new coat of bottom paint, which contains a biocide to keep the algae and barnacles somewhat at bay.
I fixed the rudder damage today, and I’ll have help re-aligning the engine tomorrow (Friday). We’ll have the bottom prepped and re-painted Friday and Saturday so we can re-launch on Monday morning. Our next port of call will be either Charleston or Beaufort, SC!
For all of you boaters out there – join BoatUS!!! The towing benefits are worth it! We have “unlimited” towing, and it’s cheap. And Captain Billy, here in Port Canaveral, is just excellent!
Still of video shot from Beausoleil - shuttle Atlantis liftoff!
The launch was great – I’ll post some video once I’ve had time to edit it a bit…
Tags: space shuttle, video
Wednesday, May 20th 2009 at 4:21 PM |
Sorry to hear about your engine probs and hope you’ll be back in the water soon. Robert & Trish
Thursday, May 21st 2009 at 12:46 PM |
Jon,
Glad to hear all is well in Paradise … rudder and engine alignment problems aside …. just wanted to let you know that all your friends back here in Boston are finally coming out of the deep freeze we call winter and looking forward to a warm, sunny Memorial Day Weekend….
Enjoy and keep the “travel log” coming…..
Fred