jherring asks:

-How's the fishing down in Newport News? I keep hearing all these stories
about
the CBBT, but I have yet to get with someone and try it out. It's too far for
me to run (from Deale) even if the fishing were guaranteed!-


Bilge- I drove the family over the CBBT two Saturdays ago, and there were a lot
of small craft of every size bobbing by the islands..."Hazards to
Navigation",the deck gang calls 'em.

We're tied up next to Monitor-Merrimac, at the old CSX piers, the cook and the
steward have been doing okay from our stern, but I'll pass on James River
Kepone Sashimi, thanks all the same.

If you're out of the "Budget Yacht Capital of the Chesapeake", you're prolly
familiar with the Bay Bridge and the wrecks, yes?

If it's not too long a run for you, you might try up the Potomac at the
Steuart Petroleum pier...there is, this is no ****, a sunken U-boat in the 80
foot hole just downstream of it.

And I know from experience how strong the tide runs out of the St. George
Island inlet...lotsa shoal water...lotsa "flushage". My union school is the one
with the Hagglund crane growing beside it. Feel free to cast to the pilings,
the school isn't all that fond of it's dockage.


-I was up there today, stuck my finger in the exhaust port, and it came out
wet.But, there was also a buildup of rust between the numbers 4 and 6 cylinder
exhaust ports. (Is 'port' the right word?) Now I'm wondering if the gasket
between the head and the exhaust manifold was leaking. That would be an easy
fix, and not cost much.-jherring


Bilge- I'm thinking "gasket", but not exhaust...if it's wet...head gasket.
Usually, it blows into the oil passages and turns your motor oil into "pourable
gray yogurt" emulsion, but sometimes, it farts into the combustion chamber and
back...happened to my '90 Cougar V-6...made white smoke like a WW2 destroyer,
lemme tellya...damn shame, except for the engine and the transmission, that was
a nice car.g.


-Yeah! Imagine four straight pipe Harley's sitting on your boat.-jherring


Bilge- I don't have to imagine...we have a 7 cylinder Sulzer slow-speed down
below, and 5 Daihatsu diesel gensets...oh, and a Caterpillar emergency
generator, (but it only comes on when you're asleep).

Cheers;


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