I’ve been holding off on posting because each day I thought we’d have something definitive, but I’m throwing in the towel and posting an update anyway.

On Saturday we had a relaxing day hanging out with Infinity in Dewees Creek. We were waiting until Sunday for our tow because we didn’t want to have to pay for an extra day at the marina when we knew the mechanics didn’t work on the weekend. The afternoon was spent grilling sliders and playing a marathon session of Rummikub. A fun day was capped off when Infinity took this excellent picture of Pegu Club in a beautiful sunset:

Sunday TowBoat showed up early and easily brought us to the marina. He hip-towed us into the slip without any issues, and we anxiously awaited our appointment with the mechanic on Monday morning. Interestingly, the TowBoat guy was from Glastonbury, CT (he moved here ten years ago after he was using a roof rake to get snow off his roof and a bunch fell down his coat), and the mechanic is from Long Island (he moved here when he got sick of the snow). I’m sensing a pattern here. LOL!

The marina is attached to a hotel/resort (with the attendant cost), so Sunday night we began a nightly tradition of hanging out with Jeff W. from Infinity, shooting the breeze by the fire pit.

Monday there was a bit of a mix-up with the scheduling so we actually didn’t see the mechanic until early in the afternoon, but we were trying (and failing) to roll with it. We were really stressed, not knowing if we needed a new engine. I said to Jeff that it was like waiting for a doctor’s appointment where you were going to get test results.

John the mechanic immediately proved himself to be substantially better than the guy in Georgetown. While the Georgetown mechanic spent literally ten seconds listening to the engine before declaring it dead, John actually got in there and spent some time listening and testing.

When he crawled out, he said he believed it was the injector and he’d call Beta to get their take on it. At this point we were feeling much better, but still not 100% relieved because he wasn’t 100% sure. We discussed overnighting parts, and made it clear we really needed to get going (and out of this expensive marina).

On Tuesday John showed up first thing in the morning. He had spoken to Beta and they wanted to him to check a few more things. About an hour later he was even more confident that it was the injector, so we gave approval to overnighting the parts. If they arrived early enough on Wednesday, we could be on our way that afternoon or Thursday.

Knowing we didn’t need to wait around for the mechanic for the rest of the day, we took the free resort shuttle into Charleston, a place we have never stopped. We had a delicious lunch and wandered around, taking in the sights. First impressions were that we prefer Savannah, but Savannah didn’t charm us until our second visit, and we really didn’t even scratch the surface here so we would definitely come again. There’s no doubt Charleston is a beautiful city:

Wednesday morning we woke up hoping that we could maybe be on our way that afternoon. That was before FedEx put the package on the truck for delivery and kept pushing the delivery time back. By the end of the afternoon we still didn’t have the package. But the mechanics begin work by 7:00 a.m. so we agreed with the office that we would be up and ready to go for installation, all of us assuming the package would get delivered by the end of the day since it was on the truck.

Today (Thursday morning) we were up and ready, but the package wasn’t delivered late yesterday. Instead, it’s out on the truck again with an estimated delivery of between 9:30 and 1:30. It’s 11:15 and I’m not exactly holding my breath, so we’ve extended our marina stay for one more (expensive) night. More to come later – hopefully.