While we had planned to leave Hampton today and cruise to Yorktown, the weather forecast wasn’t very good. It called for 15-25 knot winds, gusting to 30+, which would have made it quite uncomfortable on the open Chesapeake. So, we decided to stay where we were and take care of some never ending boat maintenace.
Sometime last night or early morning the birds decided to use the boat as target practice. We needed to hose off the boat.
Darrell worked on the washdown pump. It is only working sometimes and it is quite frustrating when it stops in the middle of use. He discovered the high pressure cuttoff switch is faulty. We have a workaround for the problem until we get a replacement switch. We’ll have to pick one up when we can.
We worked some on the next section of the boat to be painted with non-skid. It needed to be sanded and taped before the first coat of non-skid.
Sometime last night or early morning the birds decided to use the boat as target practice. We needed to hose off the boat.
Darrell worked on the washdown pump. It is only working sometimes and it is quite frustrating when it stops in the middle of use. He discovered the high pressure cuttoff switch is faulty. We have a workaround for the problem until we get a replacement switch. We’ll have to pick one up when we can.
We worked some on the next section of the boat to be painted with non-skid. It needed to be sanded and taped before the first coat of non-skid.
Later this afternoon we were treated to some Hampton Yacht Club races right beside our boat. It was made up of group of 9 youngsters, probably ages 8-12, racing Optimists dingys. The wind had picked up and there were several races. It was quite entertaining. More than one went in the water when their boat overturned.
There were 3 other boats anchored in the same place. Two of the boats have couples who met a while ago and are traveling together for part of their trip. The four of them were in one of their dingys and stopped by to visit for a bit. One of the couples is doing the Great Loop and they are from Trempalo, Wisconsin. We didn’t get their names.
