{"id":30,"date":"2014-06-28T22:39:42","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T22:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/?p=30"},"modified":"2014-07-25T19:49:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-25T19:49:59","slug":"dock-of-the-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/?p=30","title":{"rendered":"Dock of the Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DOB1\"<\/a>There certainly hasn\u2019t been much sittin\u2019 on the dock or wastin\u2019 time since we arrived in Annapolis, but we\u2019re now cosily ensconced on the end of the dock at Petrini\u2019s boatyard in Spa Creek, one of the oldest marinas in town.<\/p>\n

\"DOB2\" \"DOB3\"<\/div>\n

It has a certain charm about it (as does the whole area) and the rates are very reasonable ($690 per month). The centre of town is within walking distance, so we\u2019re getting plenty of exercise – particularly as the 15HP dinghy motor that we shipped out is refusing to start. Just one more thing to fix\u2026..!<\/p>\n

Our trip from Baltimore was an easy 4-hr motor down the bay, following the shipping channels out of the port, and passing under some impressive bridges on the way.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\"DOB5\"<\/div>\n

It felt wonderful to be out on the water again even if we weren\u2019t sailing.\u00a0 You can tell the skipper\u2019s pretty happy!\"DOB6\"<\/p>\n

The reason for not sailing was twofold \u2013 the wind was on the nose (surprise, surprise), and our sails and running rigging (for landlubbers that\u2019s the lines that attach the sails to the boat) need some repair, so we didn\u2019t want to tempt fate this early in the piece.\u00a0 There\u2019s an opening bridge at the entrance to Spa Creek, so I got my first crack at doing a USA radio call \u2013 I think the bridge operator must\u2019ve been scratching his head at this strange Aussie, as I later discovered that radio calls are a much more casual affair than we\u2019re used to at home. It seems obligatory to use the phrase \u201c10-4\u201d at regular intervals. Looks like we have us a Convoy!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a very busy few days since we arrived, ordering equipment, provisioning, discovering more problems with the freshwater system. Bruce has spent most of his time buried in very small spaces trying to fix leaks.\"DOB7\"<\/p>\n

First it was the accumulator tank, then it was the freshwater pump itself. The first was removed and the second was replaced with a slightly more powerful unit \u2013 but the increased pressure has caused some of the hose connectors to fail, so today it was back to West Marine for more plumbing parts. We\u2019re discovering that maintenance wasn\u2019t high on the previous owner\u2019s list \u2013 things have been repaired (or not) in a very dodgy way so it looks as though there\u2019ll be ongoing work on re-wiring and re-plumbing as we go.<\/p>\n

The good news is that the marine plumber has worked his magic today, and after many expletives we are now leak-free!! We\u2019ve achieved quite a lot of other tasks too. After endlessly flushing and re-flushing the water tanks with chlorine additive and water purifiers, we\u2019ve finally got rid of the sickly smell from the winterizing process.\u00a0 Hooray!\u00a0 Other achievements include installing new power points in the saloon, rewiring the navigation instruments, putting in the HF radio, cleaning the bilges and stocking up on kitchen items.\u00a0 Next job on the list is replacing the leaky and\/or crazed hatches. 5 in total. Looks like another busy week coming up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There certainly hasn\u2019t been much sittin\u2019 on the dock or wastin\u2019 time since we arrived in Annapolis, but we\u2019re now cosily ensconced on the end of the dock at Petrini\u2019s boatyard in Spa Creek, one of the oldest marinas in town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-svtoucan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6B46t-u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/svtoucan.com\/svtblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}