May 24, Thursday – Day 27: We have broken one of the most important rules of cruising – NO SCHEDULES. They say the most dangerous thing you can have on your boat is a schedule. A schedule encourages you to take risks you normally would not take. Our schedule is to be in New York City by Sunday. Belinda’s son,
Jay, and family will be flying in to Newark Sunday night. Therefore, we thought we would be traveling today – knocking off another 40 – 50 miles off our trip to NY, but instead we were dealing with our alternator issue. But we lucked out – Jim found an alternator shop only one mile from the far north end of the anchorage – about a mile – in Brigantine, New Jersey. Our cruising adventure today was removing the alternator, dropping the dinghy, loading Jim’s bike in the dinghy, dinghying across the small bay, landing the dinghy, hoisting the bike up on the 5’ retaining wall then biking to the alternator shop! Belinda went too to check out any shopping opportunities. Bingo – a nail salon. The alternator checked out OK -GREAT. We still have a concern – but at least we can put it back on the port engine which allows us to run that engine and the stabilizers. We only had to disconnect the electric portion of it. Our travels will resume on Friday – but after a day and half here we never set foot in Atlantic City.
Jay, and family will be flying in to Newark Sunday night. Therefore, we thought we would be traveling today – knocking off another 40 – 50 miles off our trip to NY, but instead we were dealing with our alternator issue. But we lucked out – Jim found an alternator shop only one mile from the far north end of the anchorage – about a mile – in Brigantine, New Jersey. Our cruising adventure today was removing the alternator, dropping the dinghy, loading Jim’s bike in the dinghy, dinghying across the small bay, landing the dinghy, hoisting the bike up on the 5’ retaining wall then biking to the alternator shop! Belinda went too to check out any shopping opportunities. Bingo – a nail salon. The alternator checked out OK -GREAT. We still have a concern – but at least we can put it back on the port engine which allows us to run that engine and the stabilizers. We only had to disconnect the electric portion of it. Our travels will resume on Friday – but after a day and half here we never set foot in Atlantic City.
Belinda, still wearing the foam rubber flip flops, climbing down the retaining wall. This is the same retainging wall that Jim had to climb with his bike!
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