Well - for those of you who have been sympathizing with us in our 'non-boating' summer so far - we're back at our own dock, apparently fixed. A new distributor for the starboard engine seems to have done the trick. Actually, there's quite a lot more power now in the starboard engine than the port (Gordon's took the liberty of ordering us a second distributor in case we want to beef up the other engine too). We put 'Daydream Believer' through her paces tonight - slow, fast, reverse, forward, reverse and forward - and there was no stalling problem whatsoever. We were really glad because we had to pull our 'come across the end of the dock, lash the stern, and pull in the bow' landing manoeuvre and that requires complete control of both engines.
We did discover, however, that some of the barrels in the floating dock had become dislodged so that's a task for tomorrow. You won't find me posting on Tips and Tricks that barrels in a floating dock can be held in place by ratchet straps because they can't. However, galvanized strapping will be in place by this time tomorrow and I'm thinking of putting some extra wooden framing members in place as well for extra holding power. There's too much riding on this dock to go half way and I should have known that when I built it!
But, as of the moment, we're boaters again. Hopefully we can now start getting used to handling and caring for a boat bigger than we're used to and enjoying the lovely backyard that is our Saint Lawrence.
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