Moved off the boat tonight to be prepared for some painting tomorrow. A few places need to be filled where plumbing was rerouted and there is some minor flaking that needs to be fixed. There is hot and cold running water to the galley sink now that will take some…
Thank you Jim for the ride back to Oriental. It took about a week to pick up the truck and car and empty the storage unit. One trailer load went to South Carolina and the rest is here in Green Cove Springs. Every time it is moved the size gets…
The boat is blocked up safely up the St. Johns River in Green Cove Springs Marina. There are many boats on the hard and this is one busy place. Liveaboards from all over North America with a real communal feel sharing common goals. It is good to follow daily tasks…
Didn’t leave St. Augustine until 9:30am but did 53 miles and arrived just before dark. The customs boat was the first to greet us. Two men offered to catch our lines. The younger one pulled the bow in and cleated it with us still moving so there is a gouge…
We have been creamed a couple of times by poorly skippered power boats. One fairly big yacht went between us and another boat with huge wake trailing behind. The other victim rolled around as bad as we did and I hope he got the name off the transom. The erosion…
I don’t feel terrific. Not too bad but enough of a concern that we decided to play it safe. Marina fees are getting higher as we move south and we would have to pay them if I had to leave the boat for medical reasons. The only answer was to…
I know that doesn’t look like a village. We don’t have a camera that works right now. The picture is of the new heat exchanger attached to the recently painted exhaust manifold that I installed on the recently painted engine. The motor started and worked so well that we decided…
They are still around in spite of the cuts caused by boat traffic. We saw this one right next to us in Titusville.
The beach at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge has some nice waves.
Marilyn picked up an extra job pointing to the speed hump. Times are hard here in Titusville.
We got a good look at this custom enclosure and it seemed to fit like a glove. The loft will remain when they redo the building with new offices and bathrooms.
This is a pretty good place to break down. Westland Marina is one the only DIY yards in the area. They have two travelifts, a big storage lot and the staff is very friendly and helpful. There is also a canvas loft here that goes by the name of A-Team…
Two items that I had worried about before leaving were the heat exchangers and the injector pump. Last summer the heat exchanger for the transmission had corroded through and now the main engine one has done the same. Elfin at Complete Marine Services in Savannah sends them off to a…
We are in Titusville now after a real trial bringing the boat down from Georgia. Marilyn started feeling sick before we left and then I got real sick. By St. Augustine I had to visit the hospital. Now we are holed up in Titusville waiting on another heat exchanger to…
Most of these places looked empty and a lot of them had for sale signs posted in the yard.
We made it to Georgetown and hooked up with Kent yesterday. He had shoved off right after Thanksgiving and has gone way farther than most of us imagined. Now he is seasoned and appears to be making very good decisions. A strong front is moving into the area so both…
Tomorrow might be the day to try this winter cruise idea. The next two nights will be in the lower 20’s with 20kts of wind but the Neuse River is the only open body of water. Turning around will be an option for the first few days.
Of course people in cold climates are going to think this is nothing. Highs in the 40’s and lows around freezing. Big deal. But it is having an effect on departure plans. The batteries couldn’t turn the engine over fast enough to start. The manual suggests a 4D size battery…