As soon as we could, we attempted to get a mechanic to look
at our alternator belt, but were at the mercy of the marina who kept us in
limbo. As we waited to hear back from
them, we were given the head’s up about an independent mechanic who had done
some work on Bucket List just the day before and had gotten positive reviews
from Tom and Tracey. We were somewhat
hesitant to call as he is uninsured, but desperate times call for desperate
measures. We gave him a call and he was
on our boat within the hour, diagnosed the issue, went home to get the
necessary tools for the repair and returned with his brother to fix our
problem. While I admit this was a bit
sketchy, within the hour, our belt was replaced, the rust on the alternator was
cleaned and all the jagged edges were sanded down and smooth. We were good to go! At this point, after a phone call to the lock
8 lockmaster, we decided to move
Observer to the other side of lock 8 so we could get an early start in the
morning for our crossing of Lake Ontario. We have now completed all the locks on the Erie Canal and Oswego Canal.
After we moved the boat, we were once again right next to Bucket List
who had moved earlier in the day, and we joined them on their boat for
cocktails before grabbing a bite to eat at the open air bar just next to where
we were docked.
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| Looking out over Lake Ontario from our spot on our last night in the States |
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| Another sunset view. Observer is just out of the photo to the right |
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