I have much to report.
First, more stalling of the engine, followed by more tinkering by Bert, followed by a sea trial with no stalling at all. After that a consultation from Dave, Trenton' s resident diesel genius. He arrived after my tinkering, looked the engine all over and tried a number of things and said, "what you did is what I would have done". Dave was a great guy and we talked a while about everything from diesel problems to the Bahamas.Anyway , I sure hope this is really it. I purchased a book on diesels for rainy day reading.
Second, rain and lots of it all day. So after great debate we decided to spend a day in Trenton and surely if we had not done so we would not have met Dave.We may rent a car tomorrow and tour around. I have not driven a car in 6 weeks.
Third, an amazing thing happened. Lock 16 of the Trent-Severn Canal broke. The door fell off. This is huge, we are not sure if anyone or any boats were lost, but we do know that the entire canal system is closed for about 4 days. No one locally can remember when the canal was ever closed.
those doors are made of 12x12. S and are probably 20 feet high and 14' .wide. Reinforced with steel.They hold back many tons of water and when they let go it has to be catastrophic . We plan to explore the villages locally and if the Repairs to Lock 16 take much longer
we will not do the Trent-Severn this year, but will return to the Thouasand Islands and leave the boat at Clayton, NY. Not a bad back up plan at all.
This is still the best of all possible worlds. God has blessed us greatly and we wish to share those blessing. God bless you who read this.
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