" When Pigs Fly"

Well a lot has happened since we last wrote, but not the one thing we were expecting.  We are not any farther down the river.  We’re still at Aqua Harbor.  Repairs on the carburetor took longer than expected so instead of being ready to leave on Thursday we were held up until Saturday.

The mechanic finished up around 4 pm Friday afternoon. We were loaded up and out of the marina Saturday by 10 am. We got about 6 miles down river and the port tach started fluttering between 1800 and 1500 rpms. It would fall then recover over and over. I had so many ideas about what the problem could be and all are expensive.

We were just about to enter the Ten-Tom ditch, a 280' wide x 28 mile canal that is clearly marked: absolutely no anchoring. We didn’t want to get in there and lose the engine completely. So we returned to the dock at Aqua Harbor.

The shop was closed for the weekend but I did talk to the service manager and was assured that the mechanic will be on our boat first thing Monday. When we left the dock it was cold and cloudy. As we returned the sun was breaking through the clouds. It would have been a good day to boat. Toward evening it started raining again! According to the forecast it wasn’t raining at the place we would have stopped for the night.

There must be some reason for all this aggravation.  Pondering again in Iuka, Ms.

See ya on the water