Our Luck Ran Out

All good things eventually come to and end and so did our luck with Bonnie Lee. We actually had pretty good weather to start the day. Seas about 2 to 3 feet with wind from the south, so we had the waves on the stern. We rounded the sea buoy at Cape Romain around 8:45. We had visions of a 250 mile day up to Beaufort, NC. It was not meant to be. At 10:00am we got an alarm on the Starboard pod; "High Gear Temp". We had to shut down the engine and limp in on one. Seas increased to about 4 to 5 feet with some big swells in there. We changed our course to Cape Fear and came into Southport Marina last night at 5:00pm after 146 miles and 10 hours. We made the best of a bad deal. We will run on one engine up the ICW to Wrightsville Beach today, about 35 miles where we will have more access to marine services. We should be able to have someone on the boat Monday to take a look and see if they can resolve the issue.