CRUISE	DATES	LOCATION
MOBY-L219	10-Dec-2013 - 11-Dec-2013	Lanai
Description: MOBY-L219: 10 to 11-Dec-2013 MOBY Maintenance Cruise: 10-Dec-2013, TH fly Maui. 11-Dec-2013, M253 photos (too windy). 12-Dec-2013, M253 dirty cals, clean & AFT. HRA = Steve, Micah + TH (North River Aluminium boat)
Details: I flew to Maui on Tuesday, 12/10 and we went to the buoy on Wednesday and; Thursday. The Hawaiian Rafting Adventures raft was in the shop waiting to get the; pontoon covers back from the manufacturer which had been returned for repair.; We used the North River aluminum boat for the trips and when we arrived on site; Wednesday the motor quit and we were unable to get it restarted, missing teeth; on the fly wheel. There was too much wind to do any work other than take photos; and we waited for Nick to come out and help us. There was a pretty strong current and; combined with the winds the top arm was coming out of the water. Nick; arrived about 1330 and was able to get the motor running. The winds had died down; but it was too late to do any work so we headed back to Mala.;; The motor quit again at the wharf and when Nick looked at it back at the shop; the engine crankcase was full of water. We swapped an engine off the raft and went; back to the buoy on Thursday. We did a full set of dirty calibrations, a cleaning; and replaced the antifoulant tubes. There were no clean calibrations done.; I flew back Thursday afternoon and this Cessna made it safely.;; Terry