Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Towards Chasapeake

I stared sailing up from Coinjoint Bay to North Landing.  There's plenty of sailing at 6 to 8 knots, but mind you, the speed transducer seems uncalibrated. 

About 2 PM, wind gusts were hitting 30, and the sail was furled as we were facing the winds.  The river was going to be curving a lot for 15 nautical miles to the Chesapeake Bay free dock.  With an abundance of caution, I decided to anchor at Blackwater 2.  



I took a nap, and then I decided to try to fix the leaky water pump.  I discovered the water pump drive belt had a scar, so I replaced it.  

The shaft packing was behaving well.  But there was a fair bit of oil under the engine sump.  

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