Its Winter Time in Norfolk!

It has been cold here in the mid-Atlantic states, and not good sailing weather at all. In fact over the last weekend in January we had a substantial snow event - the first in over 20 years (1989)! Out here at the waterfront we got about 6 inches.

Luckily Brigite & I were in Acapulco at the time, so we missed out on the misery! The week before that we were at Key West Race Week, so life is being pretty good to us.

Not much going on at Cobbs, I go down and check on the boat when I can, and run the engine for about 45 minutes (mostly under load), at least once a week. Sometimes I motor around the harbor, other times in gear at the dock. The engine is running perfectly, and is a pure joy! I did think we had a problem with the Alternator, as there was a very strong electric smell, and a steady click sound coming from down there. Further investigation showed an electric spark - not good in a gas powered boat!

But it turned out that it was only that a distributor cap had come off, and was causing the problem.

Had as low a spring tide as I have seen at Cobbs on 2/2/10, which NOAA reports at 6" below mean LWL at 1st island.

That's all for now!