Monday night excitement!!!

Here's an interesting time-line to follow (hopefully never again!!):

4:30 pm (Monday) - Bilge pump goes off - pumps out water (normal after a rain storm)

7:30 pm (Monday) - Bilge pump goes off again - Hmm - maybe just some leftover rain??

8:00 pm (Monday) - Bilge goes off again - NOT normal, lets see what's going on...

8-9 pm (Monday) - Invite neighbor Mark over to help determine what's going on. Find where water is coming from. Find small stream of water at base of bilge, that looks like it is coming through the fiberglass. Taste test to see if the water is fresh or salt - Answer: SALT (not good!). Decide we better get the boat to the yard to get it hauled out.... Contact Vessel Assist to find out emergency contact information for Shelter Island Boat Yard (Thank you Vessel Assist)!

9:00 pm (Monday) - Begin moving boat to the yard, the boat yard contacted us en route. They were there when Rich, Mark, and Evone (Mark's girlfriend) arrived with the boat.

10:00 pm (Monday) - Boat is out of the water on the sling - with a constant stream of water pouring from a small crack in the bottom of the keel.....

By Noon on Tuesday - Boat is repaired, back in the water, and back in her slip!!!

Whew!!!!

So... we know what you're all thinking: 1) How did the crack get there? We THINK it happened when we were anchored in Dana Point about six weeks ago. It was pretty shallow, and we could have easily scraped on a rock during low tide. 2) What would you have done if you'd not been in San Diego? Rich has this great putty stuff that mixes and hardens under water. He would've put on his diving gear, gone down and fixed it. It wouldn't have been as pretty of a job as the boat yard did, but it would've gotten the same end result.