Well - we got out for the long weekend and everything seemed to be running fine. No hint of engine stumbling on the way to Beau Rivage and the generator worked fine when we needed it (although there was a pungent anti-freeze smell that disturbs me). We had a lovely weekend, 'though we obviously missed the Sea-Ray memo - we were the only Carver in a sea of six Sea-Rays. They were all from Village Quay at Ivy Lea, so they know our boat better than we do. Unfortunately, this morning as we approached our own dock the starboard engine stalled again and, although it would restart, would not keep running. It was very windy and handling the Carver with the one (counter-rotating) port screw is a nightmare. We went straight to Gordon's where we docked (it wasn't pretty!) by drifting sideways into the 1000 Islands Playhouse dock (thanks, Cheryl G, for letting us stay overnight). Gordon's have ordered some ignition parts (next guess after carburetor) but, tomorrow being Canada Day, nothing will happen until Wednesday. Hopefully we'll be up and running by week's end, but we'll still be very nervous about heading far - we thought we had it licked last week!
Update - ignition parts ordered from Kingston are back-ordered and should be in by next Tuesday. It's soon going to be mid-July and the summer will be over before we know it. I'm beginning to wish we had our dependable Fairbanks back!!
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