Wednesday, June 22, 2011

     Shifter issues all but solved thanks to the help from Gary, Dan, and Walt!  At least now when you put it in gear, you KNOW it is going into gear. Just a little "tweaking" to make it a good fit. 
     Three glorious days with Dan and Stephanie. We had a great time and hope to see them again on the way back through. 
     We left Cocoa Beach Sunday morning and anchored near Titusville for the night. Monday, we made our way to Daytona Beach. On the way, we picked up a stowaway. An Osprey landed on top of the mast and rode there for about a mile or more. He/she only left when we had to turn and the sails began to flap. While it was riding there we passed under a bascule (draw) bridge and the bridge tender at Haulover Canal Bridge took some pictures. We get goosebumps just thinking about it - incredible experience!
     We are in Daytona for a few days and hope to sort out "issues" with the windlass - the motor that helps raise and lower the anchors. Yep Darrell has been manually placing and pulling them for a few days - bummer!  I might even go shopping for myself a birthday present while we are here. 
     We are looking forward to seeing Al and Martha while we are here. Had planned to leave the boat and travel inland to spend a few days with them but don't feel comfortable leaving the boat unattended. Most of the planned projects were taken care of and we got to go out with Al & Martha - good times!
    We left and traveled to St. Augustine. In a mooring at the municipal marina here with a short dinghy ride to a dock and TONS to see and do here. 
     We have narrowed down the "must see" list and hope to start on the list tomorrow. Only problem is that many of the tours don't allow dogs - that means Roxy has to stay on the boat. We have seen pirate ships, Eco tours, parasail boats, and a power boat just "waked" us. Museums will be the highlight of what we see and do. Hopefully, it won't rain on us again as much as it did yesterday - we were all SOAKED!
     Next stop is Jacksonville, where we have some things to look into. There is an electronic shop there we hope to have look at our autopilot. Hasn't worked in over 2 years so we want to check it out. 

1 comment:

  1. Ann I think you should thank yourself for getting that shifter going too! I do recall you being a REALLY good sport xox

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