Today, is our 23rd day here at Atlantic Highlands. This injector pump has been in and out and back in more than enough. The Yanmar folks here have been slightly more than useless. Our mechanic has found that the new pump wasn’t new after all. It was actually put back on the shelf after it was returned faulty and working incorrectly, and then forgotten about. Only to end up in our hands as a new pump.
Yes the Linus Cloud is still over us!!
The pump didn’t work last week on Friday; it was back to the shop Monday after being repaired. Unfortunately, not all parts were returned. Therefore, these parts were sent via FedEx overnight and received Tuesday a.m. Once again installed and seemed to have been running quite nicely for over an hour. We have not had our fridge working for the last twenty-two days and have been shopping one day at a time. So, with the engine running, finally we can now turn on the fridge. Hind sight, Pat wanted to clean out the fridge before refilling. So we went to the grocery store to get just enough groceries for our supper. Getting back to the boat, we flashed the engine once again and started to clean the fridge. It was blowing 30-35 knots from the west outside around 40-45 degrees F. Wasn’t long after, all hell broke loose. The engine increases its revs, and then over the top she goes again. In order to get it to stop Ted had to place his hand over the air intake and finally it shuts down.
So here we sit, one more night in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, looking at the Empire State Building across the Hook. Do you remember the movie “Ground Hog Day” and the never ending loop never changing?? This seems to be like that movie only it’s getting colder each day closer to November.
Day 24, a new lift pump (supplies the new injector pump) and oil change all seems to be fine. Are we nervous? You bet, not doing the happy dance until we feel more confident. Perhaps that’s what our jinx yesterday was. This crappy weather haunts us like a Halloween movie…still holds us back…looks like perhaps this weekend we will be up the coast.
Friday, 27th of October and we have lived aboard Xcelsior for 182 days, What an Eventful Six Months.
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