Plan to leave at 8:00am. I start our engine to warm up and help Mark and Karen off the dock. I walk back to our boat and Linda tells me the engine died. SOB! So I spend the next two hours diagnosing the problem, tracing fuel flow. Long story short. It turns out the short fuel line from the engine fuel filter to the injector pump was not on real tight and was sucking air into the injector. When I replace the engine fuel filter I must of bumped into this line. Better to have this problem tight to a dock than out in the middle of ICW. I replace the hose with new hose I have on hand. Run the engine for another 20 minutes, tighten up a couple clamps and filters and we are good to go.
We finally leave at 10:15 and arrive at Palm Coast marina at 2:30. North wind on our nose most of the day, cool day of motoring. We have stayed at Palm Coast Marina before, a nice little marina and still only $1.25 a foot. We all walk to the “European Village” which has a number of restaurants and bars. Mark and I got a Flight of various beers on tap while we waited for the Italian restaurant we were interested in, to open. Both couples split dinners and it was very good.
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| Palm Coast Marina |
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| European Village |
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| Meanwhile back home our good friend Michele, is checking on our mail |
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