Back for 3 weeks and it seems as though we never left except for the memories and the new round of pictures.
I've been driving 20 hours a week to work in the panhandle since we returned and next week is another fair drive to Jacksonville to be onsite for 3 days, it'll give us a chance to look around at the marinas on the St John River as we seem to be up there all the time anyways and on the way home we can stop in Stuart to see if the Baynham's made it back yet.
Last weekend was spent hooking up the engines to and running them on fresh water until hot to flush out the salt water and this weekend I'll take a look at the engine zincs or anodes and probably have to replace them. I also went in West Marine and saw a Xantrec multi stage "smart" alternator regulator in the clearance bin. That night I checked it out online and saw it at another marine store, Jamestown Distributors, for somewhere around $260.00 so I went back and bought it for less than $200.00. I'm going to hook that to the new 80 amp alternator that we bought before our trip but found it didn't work and I've sent back for repair. The fake owl we put on the mast to scare dirty birds off only seemed to attract another owl and a hawk along with the dozens of birds so tomorrow I'm going to install some spike like things and red reflective tape on the top of the mast and on the top 2 spreaders to see if it works or not. They (the birds) are so messy and the boat has to be cleaned off daily so anything to deter them will be a blessing.
All I have for now. Pictures are Traci and I on the front deck, the proceedure to flush the engines and the new regulator.
This years Bahamas adventure is over but I have a feeling that other adventures are in store for this year, we'll see how it plays out.....
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