...we spent a week at one place waiting for things entirely out of our control. When our credit cards were hacked I had new ones shipped to Riviera Beach. After 6 days they hadn't arrived. And there were gale force winds for two days. Then the depth gauge stopped working. The foot switch on the windlass stopped working. But we're getting pretty good at chilling.
When everything was fixed and the weather was right and we convinced Mastercard to overnight our cards to Vero Beach, we finally left. Great passage from Riviera to Vero on Monday. 58 nautical miles in 8.5 hours averaging 6.8 knots! Tail wind and fair tides do it every time.
In Riviera Beach we chilled with some great food which is our norm. Seafood linguini here.
I practiced on my conch/horn.
Because the sunset always has to be acknowledged.
We did anchor among the derelict boats and derelict people and were nervous about someone coming down on us in the gale. But our trusty spanker sail did it's job. We stayed into the wind without fishtailing and the derelicts, which seem to have been here for generations, held station.
The voltage meter was flaky on the way to Vero so now I've pulled the alternator/regulator and brought it to a local electrical wizard, which I am definitely not.
We can't tell if Lacy recognizes the places she's already "marked" as we backtrack. But she's doing great.
Northward! Slowly. Follow the lilacs.
2 comments:
It’s always a treat when I check your blog and find a new chapter. Let us know when you see your first lilac. It will give us hope. Calm seas. Sharon
It was nice meeting you at Riviera Beach Marina. Our boat is Black Eye. Glad to see you made it home to Vermont. I have some of the same pictures from our trip home. We made it home 8 days after leaving West Palm. Home on Mother's Day.
Maybe we'll see you next year!
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