By way of a followup. Yesterday (Thursday) I think I had exhausted every bit of energy left in this tired, old, chemo infested body. It was all I could do to stay awake until 8:00 when I hit the sack. I didn't even roll over until about 5:00a.
Today is a new day and I'm back to feeling good. I've already been on the phone with Sea Ray customer service to find out the coolant capacity of my engine. They referred me to a super secret phone number of some people in a super secret division of Cat that takes the basic engine and converts it to a maritime version.
I got the information I needed and relayed it to the mechanic. My marinized 3406C's take a minimum of 65 quarts of coolant, but he suggested we start with 70 to be sure we don't run out.
The marina is absolutely swamped with boats needing to be fixed so I told him to put my boat on a lower priority and take care of the boats in their shop. We're not leaving for about 3 weeks so there's no rush on mine.
He hid all the Klondike bars....What a stellar crew you have, Mike! Tough start but I'll be following along from the CA Delta as you repair and resume. I had a similar issue many years ago on my stbd exhaust elbow that filled my ER with black diesel soot but no water. I was cleaning that for weeks!
I only have one question...
Did you carry enough Klondike bars?
He hid all the Klondike bars....
While you have it apart you could consider using a stainless street elbo in there.What a stellar crew you have, Mike! Tough start but I'll be following along from the CA Delta as you repair and resume. I had a similar issue many years ago on my stbd exhaust elbow that filled my ER with black diesel soot but no water. I was cleaning that for weeks!
I only have one question...
Did you carry enough Klondike bars?
Night Watch, stay tuned to this thread when we depart again. You might just be able to come down and watch the fun with us. It'll probably be 3 weeks or so before I and my crew can free up our calendars to start this trip over.
I have a good crew now and we'll be picking up another (Doug) in Longview when we get there. Doug and I helped take that boat from Seattle to Stockton, CA 6 years ago so I've seen him in action.
On this ill fated trip Jim was going to have to jump ship due to a prior commitment. We still would have had 3 of us to take the boat around to Seattle, and that's a good size crew to have. If Jim is able to make the whole trip that will be 4 crew and that uses up all the sleeping quarters unless two guys want to bunk together. With this group I think that's doubtful but one never knows. We have a sign on the boat that says "What Happens On Beachcomber, Stays On Beachcomber" so I couldn't post any of the gory details.
NW, we should be good. We'll have 3 (or 4 maybe) on board but you're welcome to watch the mayhem if we're stuck in the large lock with a bazillion other boats.