long first account
SO, we've had our new (to us) E27 for a few months now, had a few sails and scrubbed the inside pretty good.
It was time to move to a new marina, the one she was in when I bought her being mostly a wedding venue with a porta-potty for the boat owners and no facilities for the kids.
After chatting with a few owners here (thanks to all) we decide to move a few hours north to Rock Hall, MD.
1st weekend of planned move:
managed to find a free Sunday, drove to Rock Hall and found a marina
2nd weekend of planned move:
unplanned move:
aftermath:
Let's see what the haul-out brings.
SO, we've had our new (to us) E27 for a few months now, had a few sails and scrubbed the inside pretty good.
It was time to move to a new marina, the one she was in when I bought her being mostly a wedding venue with a porta-potty for the boat owners and no facilities for the kids.
After chatting with a few owners here (thanks to all) we decide to move a few hours north to Rock Hall, MD.
1st weekend of planned move:
- kids staying at their grandparents, dogs at the kennel, we both have friday off, good timing
- horrible weather, thunderstorms, 15kt winds on the nose the whole way
- scrapped plans, used weekend to clean yard and buy long-overdue patio furniture
managed to find a free Sunday, drove to Rock Hall and found a marina
2nd weekend of planned move:
- drove down Friday with the kids, plan to clean boat, top off fuel, move on Saturday.
- start motor, runs a bit rough but starts, quits after 10-15 sec. keeps turning over but will not start
- ok, fuel gauge is wrong. borrow gas can from marina, drag 5 gal to boat, pour it in.
- engine starts again (it WAS the fuel!
) then quits again (it was NOT the fuel 
). Seems to be just gravity-feeding and then starving - find the resident engine mechanic, ask him to take a peek. I start the engine while he looks at it. he jumps up saying kill-it!
- turns out there was a 1in x 2in hole in the exhaust :0, facing aft so you cannot see it except when it is spewing water.
- he can't fix it in one day so we cannot move the boat.
unplanned move:
- ask the new marina, they tow the boat from the old marina (without me)
aftermath:
- exhaust needs to be re-built
- still not sure why engine does not get fuel, maybe water damaged the electric pump
- engine intake will not close (this is on me, I checked every seacock on every boat I looked at, apparently except for the intake on the one I bought) so they will do a short-haul and change it. Side-benefit is I get a pressure wash.
- waiting on a quote.
- while I was waiting for them to check the engine started poking at the AC wiring, the shore-power went through a house-style AC panel (like this) under a settee. It probably does the job but I like to see my panels and also want separate circuits for the charger and outlets. So I already ordered a 3-circuit AC panel from defender and started wiring it at home. (this is nothing new, I completely re-wired my old oat that was 11 years newer)
Let's see what the haul-out brings.
