From Florida to Oak Ridge

From florida to Oak Ridge.
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From Cuba we sailed directly to Fort Myers, Florida, where our engine problem started. After 10 days the engine restarted, but it would only last to Huntsville, Alabama.

While the engine was being repaired we drove to Turkey Creek where Flemming and Margaret had already arrived with Nova. It was quiete a reunion since John, Francine, Collin and Penney were also there $2000 lighter, for engine repairs, a few days later we headed up for Mobile. En route we caught a nice Dorado. In Mobile, a sight we had not seen since the Eastern Med: a rusted Russian freighter

On the Tombigbee we saw a lot of barges carrying wood in various forms. We often had to lock with big barges. At Midway Marina on the Ten-Tom. The engine is hard to start, lot of black smoke and will not iddle.

Entering Aliceville Lock. Picture taken by Barbara and Dick Williams of "Jubilo" that we had met at Lady's Landing. Finaly on the Tennessee, the barges are much larger. At Wilson Lock we had to wait three hours for barges to go through.

The engine finaly conked out when we arrived at Ditto Landing in Huntsville on June 21. Martine came and took this picture. We left E. Galois at the Marina rented a car and drove to Oak Ridge. Francis would come back with friends with a John Boat and a 20 HP out board engine to "tow" E. Galois to Blue Springs Marina on Watts Bar Lake. The engine was removed, taken to New York where it was exchanged for a reconditionned engine!!

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While the engine was being repaired we drove to Turkey Creek where Flemming and Margaret had already arrived with Nova.	It was quiete a reunion since John, Francine, Collin and Penney were also there	$2000 lighter, for engine repairs, a few days later we headed up for Mobile. En route we caught a nice Dorado.	In Mobile, a sight we had not seen since the Eastern Med: a rusted Russian freighter

On the Tombigbee we saw a lot of barges carrying wood in various forms.		We often had to lock with big barges.	At Midway Marina on the Ten-Tom. The engine is hard to start, lot of black smoke and will not iddle.

Entering Aliceville Lock. Picture taken by Barbara and Dick Williams of "Jubilo" that we had met at Lady's Landing.		Finaly on the Tennessee, the barges are much larger.	At Wilson Lock we had to wait three hours for barges to go through.
	The engine finaly conked out when we arrived at Ditto Landing in Huntsville on June 21. Martine came and took this picture. We left E. Galois at the Marina rented a car and drove to Oak Ridge. Francis would come back with friends with a John Boat and a 20 HP out board engine to "tow" E. Galois to Blue Springs Marina on Watts Bar Lake. The engine was removed, taken to New York where it was exchanged for a reconditionned engine!!