Tuesday May 19, 2015
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I found the Yard Manager when he was having his coffee at about 7:30 AM. Seemed like a nice guy. The upshot was that he would arrange a haul that morning. I returned to Tide Hiker to eat breakfast and wait.
At Noon I tracked him down again. Usual stuff "busy morning etc" but he agreed to come for a ride to listen to the noise. He arrived when promised and we headed up the river. His immediate conclusion was "singing prop" - not doing any damage and the only solution would be to haul the boat and send the props out to be tuned. Bugger that.
We dropped him off, called Barb and Don, and caught the 2 PM opening of the Great Bridge bridge and lock. The weather was predicted to turn bad so we only went a few miles to Top Rack where we took an hour or so to load fuel and water and pump out. Top Rack have the best diesel price for a 100 miles in both directions.
Tonight we took advantage of their "eat your dockage fee" at their fancy restaurant. Nice bottle of wine, crab soup and mahi mahi, all for "free". Good deal. At dinner we discussed plans for the trip north up the Chesapeake. Its a new and interesting dynamic with four opinions and data points
We resume our northern trip in the AM.
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