After 3 nights at Pebble Isle Marina, we are finally on our way again. We had to wait for a new carburetor for the generator. We had a short day planned and we were going to anchor out at mile marker 138.2 on Marsh Creek but when we got there the water was down about 5+ feet and we were stirring up mud so we decided to move on. We finally anchored at mile marker 143.0 by Kelly Island and it is a very good anchorage; 19.5' and out of the way of barges.
It was a month yesterday that we left Red Wing. Out of 32 days we were traveling on the water 20 days. We had 6 days off, 4 day due to weather, and 2 days due to mechanical problems. So far we have gone 1,020.7 miles: 789.2 on the Mississippi River; 21.0 on the Kaskaskia River, 58.2 on the Ohio River, 34.7 miles on the Cumberland River, and as of today, 117.6 miles on the Tennessee River. 1,000 down and about 6,000 to go.
CO's comments: We timed the mechanic and he charged us for the 4 hours he was on our boat. It did not count for the time that it took to rebuild the carburetor, phone calls, etc. and his rate was $75.00 an hour.
While he was figuring out the problem he did a compression check, reset the valves, and found my belt was ready to collapse. The guy new what he was doing.
Lat. N35 31.486 Long. W87 58.722
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