take one: first attempt to leave

Ok, we got up early, for the summer at least. All are hopeful, we were about to leave a day early (which was fine by me, considering that meant i get home earlier). but soon after we left, our port engine cut out. People from the dock came and helped us get running, but it took about 2 hours. Finally, BOTH the engines roared to life again, and we were able to start chugging along again...for about 30 seconds until the same engine cut out again. This time after more dogged attempts to find out what was causing the problem, it was decided that we should come back to the marina in case we needed a new part. Once we returned though, people were in surprisingly good spirits as we then proceeded to make almost a feast, with baked potatoes, grilled corn, zucchini, squash, and ribs. All of it was very good. We all went our separate ways after that and leave the problems of our boat until tomorrow...to be continued hopefully