Outboard Gremlins and Sundowners
We slept in
and hadn’t even started drinking our first cup of coffee before we were hailed.
Loren came over to check out our outboard motor. He saw us rowing the dinghy
when the outboard didn’t start and said he’d help us troubleshoot the problem.
Dwayne stood by, watched and learned as Loren pulled the spark plugs to see how
they looked. All ok there. He drained some fuel from the carburetor, checked
the shift lever movement for proper position in neutral and checked the choke.
All looked fine. We guess some gunk must have worked its way through the system
or maybe there was a little water in the fuel. He showed us how to clear the
system if we flooded it attempting to get the engine started. Since his visit,
we haven’t had any further problems. We still don’t know what caused the engine
to stop running and fail to restart. We really need a reliable outboard in the
Bahamas. We are keeping our fingers crossed.
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| Rejoice |
Pete came by
shortly after Loren began working on the outboard. He wanted to know if we
still needed his help getting aloft to rig our radar reflector. We thanked him
for his offer but the radar reflector project would have to wait since we were
already busy with the outboard.
Before we
knew it, the day was almost gone. Forest and Susan dinghied over from Rejoice for sundowners. Susan brought
cheese, olives, crackers and wine. We had a very nice visit until twilight.
They headed back to Rejoice and we
headed below to watch TV before heading to bed.
Glad you had friends nearby to help out!
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