We left Annapolis today and experienced our best sailing day yet. The winds, which had been inconsistent, filled in nicely and we had 15-20 mile an hour breezes across the bay. Near the end of our day the breezes picked up further and we dropped the spinnaker and chose a heavier sail to complete the journey into Kent Island Narrows.
There we met up with John, of Chesapeake Yacht Systems, who completed our corrosion survey. This was his last marine job before retiring. We opted to have this additional survey/assessment completed after we discovered, in July, the sail drives were corroded and needed replacing. The survey would confirm whether or not the problem related to electrolysis or if the problem was (as we suspected) and incompatible metal paint being applied to the sail drives. The great news was that John was able to confirm that the problem had not been electrolysis and he was even able to give us a few pointers on how we could further protect the electrical system of the boat. This was great news!
The bad news was that John and the Captain discovered that one of the new sail drives had, what appeared to be, water in the oil. Not so good for a mechanical part that is supposed to only have oil in its guts. This is certainly an unexpected problem and will require us to return north for diagnostics and a fix. Ugh!
The Admiral
10/21/08
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