Well
'Diesel Don' came on the boat yesterday and confirmed my fear. "
I aint leaving yet." it seems the Perkins, main engine, is in need of some loving. i was afraid of a leaky seal on the rear of the transmission. (*and i still might have that.) but we wont know for sure till we first have a scuba diver remove the prop. loosen the drive nuts and pull out the prop shaft. we have to pull the shaft out far enough to remove the bad bearings on the shaft. ("skip cant you hear that noise?" "those bearings are gone and if not replaced will bend your drive shaft") now new bearings are about a $100 and a new transmission rear seal is probably $20.... BUT the labor to do all this will easily be a couple thousand and weeks of time. So you can expect more posts from Marathon.
What's new? The marina is doing mooring ball maintenance & replacing the pilings alongside the building.
Our friends Jim and Belinda left on their boat; This Is It. They are on a 1973 cruiser and are meeting other cruiser owners up in Sarasota in late February.
