My most recent prior post described some nice sailing related activities, but I failed to mention that the last three of these days were Plan "B."
Plan "A" was to help a Corinthians friend, Cynthia, bring her new boat from City Island to Cape May, with a bus ride back to New York from there for me. Cynthia's new boat is a lovely Cape Dory, full keel, a bit heavy, snug, safe, stable and classic looking. While new to Cynthia, the boat was launched in about 1986. Cynthia bought her in Greenport, NY where she had passed her survey with flying colors -- all claimed systems "GO!" Cynthia had spent some time and money with her new boat in Connecticut, adding electronics and modernizing features that had not come with the boat..
I had enjoyed the fun of calculating tides and distances. Her ultimate destination was to have been in the Annapolis area where Cynthia lives. She had other crew for the remaining portions of the cruise but was happy to accept my help for the Atlantic portion.
But this is a story with an unhappy interruption -- notice I did not say "end". While motoring west through Long Island Sound from Connecticut to City Island, the top of the oil reservoir blew off, the four quarts of engine oil was spewed throughout the engine compartment, the engine ran hot (but its overheating alarm apparently did not sound) and when it got hot enough the engine cracked.
So for now, instead of enjoying her new boat Cynthia will have a lawsuit.
Hey, thank God at least no one was hurt.
Addendum: In early June Cynthia called back to report that the repairs were complete. Unfortunately, in our rush to get ourselves and ILENE ready for three months of Nova Scotia, I no longer had three consecutive days available to rejoin the crew.
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