Lea and I enjoyed our time in Jamaica. The weather was, shall we say, better than in Maryland.
As I mentioned in our last post. The Gliding Gander was left in the charge of the Deckelman family who owns Long Cove Marina in Rock Hall, Maryland. These people did a wonderful job. Mort Jr., the eldest son of Mort Sr., opened the inspection plate on the transmission and immediately saw where it had been beaten with a center punch at some point in time. After investigating further, Mort quickly determined the transmission was defective inside. Additionally, the V Strut was an inch out of alignment with the shaft on the starboard side. After rebuilding the brand new V Stut, re-pitching the propellers, replacing the recently machined drive couplings, replacing the transmission, and realigning the engine for about the fourth time, the Gliding Gander shakes no more. While at Long Cove Marina they also replaced the thermostats, fan belts, tightened down the very loose generator, installed the synchronizer for the engines and installed raw water alarms on the both motors. Furthermore, they did a lot of things that were either completely missed, not finished, or, not done properly.
Lea and I got the boat back last Monday. We ran it to Chestertown last Friday evening for a cocktail cruise with sixteen foxhunters who are our friends. Sunday morning, we took the boat to Lea's daughter, Este. Sunday afternoon we took Este, her daughters and some of their friends on a cruise to the head of the Severn River in Annapolis. During our test runs we developed a list of additional things that need to be done before the Gliding Gander will be completely ready to live aboard. Unfortunately, we will need to haul the Gliding Gander one more time. During the next haul-out we will be installing side drains for the scuppers. Unfortunately, the new scuppers we built into the sides draw water into the boat at mid-speeds.
The previous pictures were the Foxhunters cruise with Master Ed Fry immediately above.
Looking backward from the rear of the flybridge.
Looking backward from the forward part of the cockpit. Note motor boxes in blue.
Looking backward from mid-flybridge. Note ladder on left and dinghy with cover on right.
Looking forward from the lower helm station toward the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and a ship.
Looking forward from upper helm station.
A pair of sailboats approaching the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
Lea with daughter Este and Grandchildren on the stern seat.
Lea playing a game of Scrabble on her smart phone.
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