Day 152 – Friday, November 12, 2010
88° 28.909’ W
33° 31.295’ N
At Anchor – mile 308
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| Sights along the way |
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| Need to make a phone call? |
The day started out with the first wave of boaters departing around 6:30am and heading for the lock. Around 7:30 we departed with four boats and slipped into the lock. As we left the lock we said our farewell to the Bades via radio, as they speed ahead to catch up with Jim and Brenda.
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| Getting ready to dive |
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| Cutting the rope! |
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| Skip - Stan - Colleen |
Barb and I got in line with a group of trawlers that are moving much slower and proceeded to an anchorage about 30 miles down river. As we approached a cutoff where we were planning to anchor I picked up a tow rope that was below the surface of the river. I shut down the starboard engine then restarted it, running it in reverse to spin the rope off. That didn’t work so I shut the engine down and limped into a dock adjacent to a launch ramp. This is a NO NO but no one said we should move on so we stayed! Stan Anderson had a wet suit so I dove on the problem and after a half hour of cutting and sawing the 1 ½” or 2” diameter rope, I was able to remove all 15 to 20 feet of the stuff that was rapped around the prop, strut and rudder! The good news is there doesn’t seem to be any damage to the boat!
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| Dock for the night! |
After showering Barb and I rode with Stan and Colleen in their dingy to visit the Tom Bevill Visitor Center located on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway in Pickensville , Alabama
That was all of the excitement I could stand for one day so I had a good night cap and called it a day ----- early!
