Gold River

I just dropped anchor in Gold River.  It’s 5 am and below freezing.  Slippery on deck, but comfy inside.

I did a driving tour of the yards I was thinking of for hauling Escapade.  Gold River Marina was the clear favourite.  I’ve never been there. 

They have a hard stop date of the end of November, so I started to look for a weather window to get down there from Bedford.  Thursday and Friday looked fine.  I booked the haul for Monday.

My furnace has been losing fluid for a while.  I fixed one known leak in August, and thought I was done.  But the leak has accelerated as I’ve been using the furnace.  I’ve been through all the obvious possibilities, and have been feeding it with fresh water regularly.  My plan is to remove it for detailed inspection and service when I haul.

Wednesday afternoon I headed in to Armdale with the intent of meeting a friend.  I ran out of water at anchor, and couldn’t feed the furnace so slept in the cold. 

Thursday I filled up with water at RNSYS, tried unsuccessfully to get the furnace to restart, and retreated to downtown Halifax for a meal out and some pondering.  By evening I had the furnace running by bypassing the low water alarm switch.

Feeling like maybe I’m on borrowed time with heat, I high tailed it here.  Maybe I’ll get hauled today.

I did get a call from Alderney Marina in Dartmouth on Wednesday.  I had identified that place as pretty much what I was looking for originally and called a while ago.  I might have considered it with more time to prepare.  Maybe next year.

Nothing in the photo album, and dark outside.  I will take some photos of the boat yard and haul out. It’s a delightful place.  They use a marine railroad with adjustable straps.  Quite ingenious.