Thursday November 13, Friday November 14, Dog River Marina

These two days were focused on getting the injectors back, replaced in the boat, having a sea trial and hopefully having everything working.  On Thursday, we used the courtesy car and headed in to  the town of Theodore as we anticipated the mechanic not coming until Friday.  We found the local library which was located in a store front strip mall and then the local Wal-Mart.  You would have thought the store was giving things away because it was packed and constantly bustling.  We got our provisions and headed back only to discover that Ray the mechanic had picked up the reworked injectors and was on board in the engine room working away.  It was a surprise that he was here.  Something like that would never happen in the marina at Oselkas in New Buffalo.  Ray worked until 1700 under the watchful eye of Tom. The two were exchanging engine maintenance experience and learning from each other.  In the evening we went with the Wolfs over to the Mobile Yacht club for dinner.  It is a nice club and dinner was good.  We even were entertained with Trivial Pursuit night. 

Ray was back bright and early at 0815 on Friday and worked all day on the boat.  They found the injectors had a lot of carbon on them and the pressure was low.  With them rebuilt and installed, the starboard engine would not start.  That necessitated bleeding the fuel lines twice to remove all the air.  We took the boat out for a sea trail and everything worked well.  Ray was done.  Thank you, Ray.  Tom quickly changed the oil and we went to celebrate.  The Mobile yacht club was having a beer tasting of a local brewery in Fairhope with free beer.  Tom took full advantage of the opportunity.  We chatted with other “Loopers” and enjoyed fried pickles and IPAs.  By 2100, one of us was done, needed a fresh air walk home and a good night sleep.