I towed the boat to a marina about 70 miles from my home to the Bohemia Vista Yacht Basin on the Bohemia River, a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay. Turned out to be a smart move. The launch went well and I spent 2 nights at the marina getting things organized.
On Tuesday, I topped off the fuel and headed south to Annapolis. The Bohemia River took me to the Elk and then out onto the Bay. The weather was overcast with a predicted high in the low 60's, winds 5-10 knots and wave 1-2 feet. That sounded doable. Doable, maybe but not an easy trip. Some of those waves had to be more like 3 feet. There were a couple of times where I had water breaking over the bow. Though at times, I felt more like a rodeo cowboy than a sailor, I never felt like the conditions were more than the boat could handle. Then the engine quit.
I was running at 1800 rpm doing about 7.2 knots when she stuttered and died.
When I tried to restart, she started right up. It did this about 3-4 times, each time starting right up. After the last time, I throttled back to about 1400 rpm and dropped my speed to about 5.8 to 6.2 knots. It didn't happen for the rest of the trip. 
(More on what I did to address the problem a little later.)I got to Annapolis and tied up about 5 PM; much later than I wanted to arrive as it was getting dark.
Here's a couple of shots of me tied up at the City Docks.
I planned to stay only one night in Annapolis but extended to a second as the winds were predicted to be 10 to 15, with gusts to 25 and, wave of 2-4'. I wasn't going for that ride again so, I stayed in port.Now, back to the engine. As part of my renovation, I replaced all the flexible fuel lines except the one that goes from the filter to the injector pump. In talking to my mechanic, I didn't think it sounded like water or the pump. Instead, he suspected that one piece of fuel line I hadn't replaced. His theory: the line could be collapsing and choking off the supply.
So, today I replaced that fuel line. We'll see tomorrow what I encounter. One other problem I encountered was an erratic tachometer.
At times, it stopped working completely. Other times, it was reading low. Today, I checked all the connections at the tach and at the sending unit. he ones at the sending unit seemed loose so, I replaced them. No help. If anyone has any ideas on how to determine if its the sending unit or the tachometer, I'd love to hear them.Tomorrow, the waves are predicted to be about 1' so I'll heading to Solomon Island at first light.
Stay tuned
