April 14, 2025 A nice calm day this morning with temps reaching the mid 70’; tomorrow it dips down 10 degrees. I’ve done several loads of laundry in our new machine with no problems. Sent a text to Matt, the tech who fixed the issue, letting him know that
April 11, 2025 Lauren had a bad night of headaches and lack of sleep. She still managed to prepare a hearty breakfast. Jim and Karen of Rowe Boat III were leaving this morning; Lauren brought over a chunk of coffee cake and we said our goodbyes. Still trying to get
April 5, 2025 This morning Lauren made breakfast sandwiches with the sausage patty left over from Yoolks On Us! along with fresh spinach, an egg and swiss cheese on an English muffin. Bob, the marine electrician came by to look at the new regulator for the alternator. He thinks that
APRIL 2, 2025 Yesterday, Brian figured out how to polish fuel. Both of the aft tanks have set unused for several years. Each tank holds 150 gallons of fuel. We were concerned that there may be water or junk in the tanks. The polishing system cleans the fuel and removes
April 1, 2025 This morning Brian finished our taxes. One more item off our checklist. It was a rather sedate day waiting for the repairmen to show. We took a few short walks. Today we had another marine electrical expert (Bob) onboard to try to solve our alternator over-heating dilemma.
March 31, 2025 Brian and I took a walk into town in the old-town section and had breakfast sandwiches at The Coffee House. Took a stroll up and down the main drag before heading back to the boat as we had busy day scheduled. After breakfast, Brian called Spendide headquarters
We left Coinjock Marina this morning at 7:05. Our stay there was rather disappointing. There was nothing in the area to do. Lots of locals going to the restaurant. I feel sorry for them if that is the only place to eat. It was not worth the money. Lauren
After buying our Kadey-Krogen, Brian accidentally discovered that our alternator was HOT to the touch even though the engine had not been on for hours. Had someone look at it, but he couldn't figure it out other than he thought it was getting current from the batteries, something
March 28, 2035 Alternator still acting up, hot to the touch. Hurlis Biddle a marine electrician, came out to see if he could solved the problem. He disconnected the tach and engine hour wire and told us it was just an extra ground and we didn't need it.
Heidi-Ho The Beginning We purchased Heidi-Ho in January 2025 at River Dunes, in Oriental, NC from Robert & Julie Parry. They owned what was then “Robes” for 14 years and kept her well-maintained and improved. Heidi-Ho is a 1985 Kadey-Krogen 42. Brian and I left Massachusetts on my birthday (end