We returned to the boat in Reedville tome it to Urbanna Town Marina for the winter. Their big festival of the year, Urbanna Oyster Festival was over and the marina had space again.
The reason why there are not more photos of the Annapolis boat show and afterwards is that on the way to Urbanna Neptune decided he needed John’s iPhone that hadn’t been backed up to the cloud. So his phone and photos went to the bottom of the Rappahannock River.
Once in Urbanna we began the mysterious process of winterizing a boat. Poor Mischief, in 23 years of being in the water, she and her owners had little idea of how to prepare for the cold. Our friend Kevin DeNicola sent us a check list and how to’s. So off to West Marine we went to buy gallons upon gallons of pink antifreeze.
Winterizing really isn’t that hard but it does take some time to accomplish. It will be easier the next time. Since now the boat no longer had water to drink or shower with and the head was pickled we didn’t stay too long to wait for the cold. We are Texans after all and cold is not our thing.
Before we left a diesel smell had to be addressed. It turns out that the crush washers on the injectors had vibrated loose and needed to be retightened. This was above our pay grade so we hired a mechanic to help. Also we discovered that the fuel tank was leaking around the screws that hold the inspection port cover in place. We had inspected the fuel a few months back and had not put teflon tape around the threads when resealing, oops.
So we returned Texas for the holidays and getting some of the repairs made to us that older people sometime need. My motto is “don’t act old, get it fixed and pretend your still young”
Adventures of Mischief 