Another day in Great Bridge. Believe me, we're anxious to get moving. With our part expected to arrive around noon, we spent the morning working on route planning. We have lost several of our cushion days and are looking at all options for getting to Savannah by December 4. As we waited, the parade of boats heading south continued. A few megayachts gathered extra looks while passing by. We even spotted two 53-foot Selenes (our sister ships). A few tows headed east today and staged beside us for passage under the bridge. The maintenance yard was busy moving boats out to the transient docks. We met the couple on this Grand Banks and look forward to seeing them along the route to Ortega Landing in Jacksonville, FL. At noon Barry went up to the ships store to await delivery. By 12:45, he was back onboard with two correct impellers, one for now and one for a spare.
Upon further review, the impellers we had in stock were for the original water pump on the generator. When Barry went to change it as part of scheduled maintenance, he discovered that at some time in Crossroads' prior-owner history, the water pump had been changed. That was the reason we were without the proper spare. Shown below is the old impeller on the left, with a missing fin and others that were stiff and misshapen. It took only a few minutes to install the new one, then a few more to reinstall the covers and close up the floor. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough daylight to make leaving the dock a feasible option.
So we are all set to cast off tomorrow morning and get this show back on the road. Our destination will be an anchorage off Camden Point. Finally, we'll cross into North Carolina.
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