Back in the Water

Having had the boat in the yard at Ocean Marine for a week, it was time to get her back in the water.

Silver Fox had a lovely new paint job, a new anode, a gorgeous new Martec prop and was looking good!

She was put in, but the engine would not start, not even crank, not a click nuthin! So we had to sail her out of the crane and around to the Ocean Marine marina - again!

That was fine, I thought it was the battery again, but was suspicious that something else was about to surface.

On Saturday 8/29/09 I went to the boat to research the starting problem, and was coming up blank. With Brigite on the Internet at home doing research for me, we decided to pull out the starter motor and get it refurbished. It comes out pretty easy, and I was happy to have a good plan in place - that would help me sleep at night!

Silver Fox would spend the weekend at the Ocean Marina marina.