Friday, June 27, 2014

Still at the dock


Captain's Log: 27 June, 2014; Hour: 1326

We're now three days behind schedule. The main problem is waiting on people to do their work. Apparently there's something known as Fort Pierce time around here and it advances at a glacial pace.

The generator problem was diagnosed and we're told it will take 7 to 10 days to get the part needed to fix it. That, of course, is out of the question. They're searching for a replacement pump for the generator instead of waiting for those parts to come in. Either way, we will not allow that to impede our progress. We've decided to have any necessary parts forwarded to us along the way and make repairs when we get them.

The only holdup now is having the boat hauled out of the water so the depth finder can be attached to the hull. That was supposed to take place several days ago but they ordered the wrong part and had to re-order the correct one. The haul-out is scheduled to take place 30 minutes from now but "scheduled" is a meaningless term around here.

If there's any daylight left in this day when the installation is complete we will leave the dock today.

8 comments:

  1. Your show has sucked terribly since this escapade started. Maybe you shoulda had the boat delivered.

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  2. Hang in there Phil. All great journeys involve adversity. Having fun watching your progress and imagining how the rest of us would handle the situations...

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  3. "Sitting at the dock of the bay" - new bumper music?

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  4. I am Realy enjoying reading about your adventure I envy you good luck

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  5. Hey, Phil, damn the naysayers and full speed ahead. I think what your are doing is great and would like to get more "journal entries". Don't let circumstances effect your judgement, safety first. Good luck with that beautiful boat.

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  6. It takes a brave soul to anonymously criticize someone's show. If anyone's performance sucked this week on the radio, it was mine. I thought Phil did a great job in spite of all the stumbling blocks he had come his way. Safe travels, Phil. Talk to you when I return from a much needed vacation! Your psychic, Johnny B

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  7. Thanks for the support, everyone (except the first entry, of course). Just for clarification, I AM having the boat delivered. I just happen to be along for the ride. It's too big to transport via road. We looked into that option. Once this excursion begins it's going to be a blast sending back the video and pictures. Everyone tells me that the audio quality of the broadcast sounds like I'm sitting in the studio. That was our main concern and our technical folks are constantly assessing the sound quality. Some of you may have noticed a low hum the first couple of days. We isolated that problem and solved it. Our next challenge will be seeing if we can actually broadcast while the boat is moving. Our original plan was to dock each day for the broadcast, and we still may do that. However, it's my thinking that getting the real feel for the trip would be to broadcast while we're underway. We'll be doing some test runs on that before we try it on the air. We'll keep you posted.

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