Launched

This morning we launched.  I was very excited, not having been sailing in a year.  These guys have got the routine down.  It took all of 20 minutes from the time they arrived to the time we were in the water.

 

At first Bullwinkle purred like a kitten, then suddenly a quirky noise sent us racing for the shutdown.  Ed played around with it got it going again but found we had a faulty alternator.  We managed, however, to get it to our slip with ease.

I headed off to do laundry while he started work on the engine.  After purchasing a new alternator, Ed found that either the new one is bad too, or there is something else going on.  So he's got some work ahead of him.  I have complete faith he'll find what the problem is...now whether he'll be able to resolve it is another issue altogether.