Boatyard. Still.

After a brief trip up to Port Hope/Cobourg/Toronto here we are still at the boatyard. It seems while I was away Darryl decided to dig into the engine on the big boat and remove the fuel injectors and the exhaust manifold. Nope, I am not really sure why either, except the engine had been making some "clanging" noises and he hopes by doing some maintenance the "clanging" will go away. In the meantime he had Eric, the yard manager, order some "parts" (really? Parts of what?) which were supposed to come in Friday but BIG SURPRISE did not show up. So here we are waiting. The hope is that when everything is reassembled we will head back to Stuart for a week before we have to come back here and put the boat away again for the spring/summer/fall. In the meantime if you have been hanging on the edge of your seat waiting for news of the dinghy engine (too many engines to look after in my opinion) we got the news from the mechanic that, alas, it seems to be a piston problem or some such thing. Anyway my eyes just glazed over when Darryl started telling me about it. The bottom line is that is going to be just too darn expensive (not to mention impractical) to fix this 15 year old Honda. Darryl's days of voodoo magic to get the thing going are (just about) over. The mechanic said we might have a couple of more weeks limping along with it. Sigh. When we started this cruising thing back in the 90's, I am pretty sure the brochure showed palm tress, sunshine, hammocks and piña coladas! Well, we do have the sunshine. And, while plugged in at the dock, we also have our Keurig coffee maker (YESSSSS!) and a heater for these few days of chilly weather. Add a HONEYBELL orange and life is GOOD!