Day 45: False Start - again (32NM, 4 Hours - Round Trip)

We arose early so we could get Nick and Marco packed up and on the road back to Virginia, and prep the boat for going over to Shelburne Shipyard to get our generator fixed.  We were sad to see Nick and Marco leave.  They were on the road just before 7:00am and we were out of the slip and underway to Shelburne by 7:10am.  We arrived at Shelburne Shipyard fuel dock for our appointment time of 9:00am.  Once we met the service manager, Bruce, he had us move the boat to the maintenance dock.  There we met the technician, Van.  To our surprise, no one had ordered the parts (cam, gaskets, seals, etc.) for the generator even after Brian provided the model number, the serial number, photos, and the part number of the needed cam.  We expected with our appointment all the parts necessary to repair the generator would be on hand.  That was not the case.  To make matters worse, Van contacted the Northeast supplier of Westerbeke parts just to find out there was only one available part of the several parts needed.  Brian contacted Debbie Cheely of Full Throttle Marine Service.  Through her efforts, we were able to have them over-nighted to Shelburne Shipyard. We also learned Van doesn’t work Wednesday and Thursday (because he works the weekends).  So, Brian contacted Champlain Marina and reserved the same slip we were in for the past 18 days.  He reserved Friday, 9:00am, with the Shelburne Shipyard service department.  We left the shipyard at 12:30pm and headed back to Champlain Marina.  We ran at a higher speed to make it back to the Champlain Marina before an ugly storm rolled through.  Flash flood watches were issued for the area.  We made it in the slip an hour before the thunder and rain hit.  This was part of the same system Nick drove through in route to Spotsylvania.  We were happy to learn Nick and Marco made it safely after 12 hours on the road.  Over the next two days we will assess our options regarding continuing the voyage — this year.