CS34 Cobourg to Sandy Cove

Got off the dock at 9am, and wanted to top up with diesel fuel.

However, there was a lineup of about four boats.  I had 3/4 of a tank, plus a 20L gerry can as a reserve, so off we went.  Winds were from the NW about 10 knots, a little bit lumpy, but we got full sail up and were smoking along over 6 knots all along the north shore towards Brighton Bay. 

As we go closer to Brighton Bay, was winds and waves were building.  The winds were on the nose going into into Brighton Bay and were increasing.  Started the engine and dropped the sails.  About two mintues later, all I could smell was burning rubbber, and the cabin was full of acrid smoke.  Rita took the helm, and  I took the rear motor cover off and could see that the alternator was not spinning.  We had burned out/threw a fan belt for the alternator.

About two minutes later, the engine overheat warning light and alarm went off.  There was water coming out of the exhaust, but I immediately shut down the motor, and radioed the closest boat Sea Beyond for a tow.  They towed us to the west end of the Murray Canal where French Vanilla was.  Sea Beyond was worried about diesel fuel to make it all the to Kingston, so French Vanilla offerred to take over. 

We tied up on the wall just past the Brighton bridge and took the dog for a pee.

Rita with the bow line

French Vanilla
That is the bridgemaster Kevin on shore.

By then I had the companionway steps off and Harvey and I were looking at the motor:

The 1/2" belt is 37" long, and goes around the crankshaft pulley (bottom) up to the secondary water pump, and over to the alternator.  There was a black soot of ground up belt parts all over the engine.   You can see the primary water pump left and down from the crankshaft pulley.  The primary water pump circulates raw seawater to the heat exchanger, and out through the exhaust.  This belt was fine (however was loose) and explains why we still had raw cooling water coming out the exhaust.  The secondary pump circulates antifreeze from the engine block to the heat exchanger cooling it.  It also circulates hot water to heat the hot water tank.

I did not have a spare.  Harvey had a spare, but it was too small.

It was the Holiday Monday, so NOTHING was open.

We hooked up a towing bridle and off we went:

French Vanilla towing us through the other swing bridge at Carrying Place

Being towed by French Vanilla, we could do about 4.5 knots.  I unfurled the jib to make towing us easier.  There was only about 6 knots of wind on a broad reach, so we couldn't have sailed any faster.



Belleville Bridge

 Harvey had to stop for a bit as his boat was making some wierd sounds.  Turns out he had two broken motor mounts (more later).

We arrived in Sandy Cove a little after 9pm.  We didn't have a problem anchoring for the first time.

We rowed the dog to shore on the dinghy for a pee in the dark; we should have anchored a little closer to shore!

Off to bed after a long day on the water.

Trip Odometer: 50.8 miles
Moving Avg: 4.0 knots
Moving Time: 12:14:03

Google Earth Track: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/12535935/Still%20Time/2012/20120806.kmz