We decided to spend another day at the marina. Yesterday, we were still tired and we had boat chores to complete. We were also still adjusting to leaving the Bahamas. Laura and I shared a ride in the morning to the Publix. Fort Pierce has a free ride service. You have to wait a bit
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We were due for a major boat cleaning and today seemed right. I went for a morning swim in the pool with some boat ladies before we got to work. David cleared the deck and then I scrubbed and he rinsed. We then cleaned the deck and then the cockpit. It was good to get
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Happy Birthday Jer! We were looking forward to more island exploration but the winds picked up in the morning out of the South. It became quite rolly in the mooring field and not very dinghy friendly. Furthermore, David’s engine inspection revealed some salt residue on the outside of our exhaust/saltwater outflow pipe that he had
We got an early start on boat work. David successfully removed the starter motor after disconnecting all the power. We removed the solenoid from the motor and inspected it. It looked like the plates made good contact. Jeff came over to help. He brought a caliper tool and measured the gear on the new starter
Our engine started perfectly in the morning. We started it multiple times and each time, it started right up. It was very frustrating. We felt we had to do something to diagnose or fix the problem. We started with testing the power to various points on the starter motor. That is as far as we
We got up early for the Chris Parker weather report. He provides a weather service for sailors. You buy a package to have access. There are two daily emails, one for the east coast and one for the Bahamas and Caribbean. Then there is a daily webcast which begins around 6 am. During the webcast,
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A quick tour of the marina was captured after a calm night with winds picking up in the daytime. We are feeling a bit out of place here. There is one other sailboat here. Around 930 am, we checked the status of our part delivery and found that it was declined for delivery at the
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5:30 am start in order to leave for Miami by 7. Boat to dinghy to car in garage. The traffic was heavy but steady on I-95. We found our extra package easily at the marina and had time for a quick coffee and pastry run at fresh market. We returned the car and walked the
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It is hard to believe we have been here over a week. We need to be patient even though we are anxious to leave. This is boat life. In the morning, we went to pick up our rental car but they had no cars. Apparently the person we spoke with the day before did not
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Wind from the north today but not strong. A little cooler but sunny. We spent part of the morning reading email. Nautilus moves to Galliot Cut today. They are having a lovely time. We also discussed route planning with Liz and Pete. They were the first cruisers to help us on our way when we
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