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Sunrise Sunday morning June 1, taken by Capt Jordan via our aft streaming camera.

First time putting some miles on our spare (3-blade) prop. It has some vibration, but otherwise it performed about the same for speed+RPM as the main prop does.

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I thought I solved the forward A/C unit’s problem yesterday by reverse flushing fresh water thru it and cleaning out the strainer. It worked fine yesterday after that. But the circuit breakers tripped twice this morning indicating the problem was still with us!?!?

I ran a gallon of this stuff through a “closed loop” for about 90 minutes. Followed by two flushes with fresh water.

Hopefully this keeps us going this time! If not, a new unit is in order, about $2500.

12k BTU.

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Anna Sirois of Portland Maine.

Day Two

These “animals” showed up for day two at 7:20am.

After yesterday afternoon’s torrents, they said they’d be back to finish today. They were nonetheless pleased with how much they got done before the rain.

Everyone on this “C-Dock” is asking them for a business card, and telling me how impressed they are.

Kevin, Edie Joy, Ray, Shelly on the west end of Jacksonville’s Marina Mile. Ortega River off St John’s.

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Major ” de-clutter” and house cleaning at lower helm!

For years this space has been the collection point for miscellaneous items that did not have a designated storage place.

It is SO nice to see it cleared!

I lucked out and found this first (easily accessible) gasket was crimped or kinked upon installation (probably 25 years ago). Actually, this may have been a mistake at the Teleflex factory where the ram was made.

The hydraulic steering system has had a slow “drip” since we purchased the boat 5 years ago. +/- 1 ounce of fluid was added at the upper helm every 2-4 weeks when underway.

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Replacing this cylinder/ram or removing it to service it, would have been a major project because the nuts backing the four mounting bolts were blocked by both a fore/aft stringer and the starboard fresh water tank.

Being able to find the problem and solve it so easily was serendipitous fer sure!

One of my former & favorite Long Island NY marine parts vendors shipped me the Dometic Seal Kit from stock! Lighthouse Marine Supply, aka https://marineengineparts.com

Here is a pic of a new brass ram before Dometic/SeaStar changed to aluminum construction.