Day #35: Last night Tom and Megan Campbell, previous owners of the 49' Lord Nelson Victory Tug, Promise, happened upon us. They were in their runabout on the way to dinner when they saw Nellie at anchor. Shortly after the introductions were made they invited us to today's pig roast. This morning it was a long 3nm from last night's anchorage to the lake in front of the Campbell's house. We gave some tours of Nellie, had some great food and thoroughly enjoyed meeting their neighbors.
Tom told us he lost the end of a finger while replacing the diesel engines on his tug. Before installing the rebuilt six cylinder, turbocharged Cummins engines he tested them in his garage. With the engine running at 50% power he ran his hand by the air intake. The air sucked his hand in and the compressor blades, rotating at 10,000+ rpm, did the rest--ouch.
At anchor in Lake Shepard, just south of Cocoa Beach, FL, and 563nm into our journey. DBH
