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On this date, morning and early afternoon have been spent finishing the engine work that was started yesterday with the replacement of the starboard coupler. To replace this part, it was first necessary to unhook wires and cables from the engine and then to lift the engine up using an A-frame.  Everything was reversed once the new coupler was in place…and now, good to go...sorta…(Photos #104 and 105)

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Issues still remain to be resolved related to what appears to be the electronic controls for the starboard side.  These controls send signals from the helm to the back of the boat, telling the motors and outdrive what to do (e.g., start, stop, shift, etc). Specifically, the message to ‘shift’ is not being sent or received from the starboard side, thereby keeping this side in neutral.  Not a good thing.  The Captain and Walton, mechanic, continue to work on this issue and a call has gone out to an individual known as the ‘Electronic Wiz’ to come and do his magic. (Photo #110)

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Other news to report from around the Marina

Boaters are such friendly people…or perhaps we have just spent TOO much time in DC and are easily overwhelmed by the openness and interest being expressed towards us while ‘stationed’ here at Riverside Marina (Fort Pierce, FL).  We have been taken in like stray cats by those who ‘live’ here at the Marina on their sailboats, catamarans and some other forms of  ‘floatation’ that we are not exactly sure how to categorize!  (Photos #113 and 114 )

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Lunch boat

Sixty-eight feet of deck to be swabbed before the evening gathering…now where IS that First Mate when you need him?