Cumberland Island

Day 14
Jan 15, 2016 Saturday
Cumberland Island
FL

We came to the anchorage at Cumberland Island and anchored around 2pm. It was overcast by the time we anchored so not so cozy in the sunroom.  Earlier it was sunny and warm in and out of the sun room.  Lovely morning weatherwise. We had misadventure.  We had hardly been going a half an hour when our hot engine alarm squalled.  We immediately dropped anchor.  We looked at strainers and they were not clogged so Lee called Richard Truett.  He suggested a few things and Lee soon found the belt that turns the water pump that runs water thru the engine to cool it had snapped in two. Luckily we had an extra on board and he replaced the belt and let the engine cool a while and we were underway again. Shortly after that our bilge pump kept running and running.  This happened last winter also. Lee turned it off and we are running it periodically manually. It continued to get cooler in the afternoon and during the night we should see the last of the 60s for over a week.
High wind predictions and morning rain are keeping Journey at the dock in Jekeyll Island Saturday and Sunday.  We will decide tomorrow when rain is over what we will do. We are only 6 miles or so from Fernandino FL where we can dock or pick up a mooring ball. We really have some rocking and rolling this evening.