Not us, but our exact spot:
For Spring 2020, the Ralphs will be helming "Betsy," a 1985 50-foot Huckins pilothouse cruising yacht from Jacksonville, Florida to Eastport, Maine. Stay tuned!
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Exhausted, but a quick update
We are at a small marina in McLellanville, SC. It may not look like much, but is a safe, quiet spot right off the ICW and the price is right. We still had fueling issues on the way over, but managed to figure it out. The filters are dirty already, but not yet plugged as evidenced by the lack of pressure drop according to our gauges. Before we got to the marina, I climbed down into the engine room while the Captain varied the speed (remember to wear earplugs because Cummins engines are ferocious when you are sitting between two of them only a few feet apart!) and noticed air bubbling in the fuel bowl beneath the filter on the port side at around 1200 rpm. The fitting on the bottom of the bowl was loose and allowing air into the system, hence our port side engine struggling to generate power. After this easy fix, it should be smooth sailing from here! We will change the filters tomorrow night after we log a bunch of miles (hopefully, fingers crossed).
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