7/1/24 - Layover day 4 Waterford - We have A running engine!!!!

Like the turtle swims…
So our the days of our lives 

The day started as they do when we don’t have anyplace to be, drinking coffee and finishing blogs.  Erik made bacon, fried eggs, and toast for breakfast to fuel what would likely be our slow and easy day.  Our fresh water holding tanks were getting very low and there is no water at the slips on the wall here in Waterford as they are currently still working on dock upgrades to electric and water.  We did discover from one of the visitor center staff that there was one single water spigot up on the wall about 225’ from our boat.  The most strenuous activity of the day consisted of rounding up hoses from fellow boaters to reach that spigot.   Two young women aboard a sailboat who are on a trip up to Maine had and let us borrow two long hoses they had aboard.   Those in conjunction with two others from another sailboat out of Quebec and the two we have aboard made the stretch and we now had full tanks.   

We did ride across the Hudson a short distance to the grocery store to get a few provisions to make it through the week.   Staying close to the boat was the goal for the day since we were not certain when the mechanic might get parts necessary for either of our non functioning motors and show up to work on them.   At about 1pm Erik called him to check in and was informed that the igniter for the one engine had arrived and that he would be out later afternoon to install that, hopefully giving us one running engine.   Carousing the wall throughout the remainder of the morning and good part of the afternoon we chatted with multiple other boaters from around the country and Canada.  Many of them had their own tales of delays and mechanical issues to share as well; turns out we don’t have the only boat with things that break.   Some time ago a fellow mariner shared with us that “everything on a boat is broken, you just don’t know it yet!”……touché! 

Around 4pm Steve showed up with igniter in hand and after a quick 15 minute install the port engine fired right up; music to our ears!   He stated that the starter for the other engine was shot beyond rebuild and that his source for starters is reliable and will have a new one to him by tomorrow afternoon.  If all goes well there is a likelihood we will be up and running on both motors by the end of the day tomorrow 🤞.  

After a dinner of leftovers we were visited by the gentleman from the farmers market whom had taken the aerial drone shots of us and the area on Saturday.   He brought down to us nicely matted prints of  two of the pictures.   They will make a good addition to some spot on our dirt home wall to remind us throughout the year of our beloved Happy Destiny 🌞.   

Happy place wall decor for home 

The remainder of the day was spent with more relaxing through the beautiful evening reading, listening to music and visiting with another fellow friend of Bill who came by and sat aboard with us for a while.   God willing, we hope to be back on our way and cruising down the Hudson late tomorrow or a Wednesday morning.   This remains to be seen but what we do know is that the sun will rise and we will roll, or in this case float, with whatever the outcome is!  

Color us happy
😊