Spent the day making arrangements with repair people here in at the Brewers Yacht Yard in Oxford. The first hopeful and optimistic report was that “sensors go out all the time” and that our problem might just be a sensor. Turns out that the fuel pump on the port engine is kaput. Our friend Alan Haag (an expert in all thiings Cummins Engine related) once told us that every diesel engine has “its own personality.” This wisdom was passed on to us when we asked why one engine ran sweeter (i.e., more fuel efficiently) than the other. Well, we’ve determined that the port engine is a bratty child, acting out to get as much attention as possible.
Being stranded in Oxford isn’t all that bad. Several nice restaurants, lovely homes and landscaping, a beach that’s about 100 yards away and an ice cream store that’s even closer!
This unexpected interlude, however, will take a week — days when we expected to cruise through the Kent Narrows and then head to St. Michaels. We’ve decided to rent a car to see St. Michaels and Cliff’s made reservations at a ritzy hotel there for two nights. We’ll also get into Annapolis to visit the Apple Store to see if they can figure out why Air Drop has stopped working on our Mac Notebook. I surprised that Annapolis has an Apple Store and Baltimore doesn’t!.
Meanwhile, here are some photos from our time on the La Trappe Creek.
Being in such a secluded area gave us a great opportunity to observe birds in the sky, along the shore and on the water.
Nature observations not limited to birds. Saw bait fish thrashing at the water’s surface (wonder what was chasing them!) and fish of various sizes jumping out of the water here and there. We also saw….
