As of Saturday 5/14 we are still in Ft. Meyers. Using the time to continue to provision and learn the boat, so not a waste of time. It does mean we are running "late" for a full Loop this year. No Worries. The latest, and hopefully final immediate issue-need an alternator rebuild. That should be complete Monday with a departure east for Tuesday. What has been done to the boat? There are two lists. One the mandatory repairs based on survey. That list was long and increased but I did a lot of the work myself. It included: New master cabin A/C New refrigerator. My tech said he is waiting on fridges for six months. But, I found one in Miami with an outfit that had 10. Was there the next day in a rental truck to get it. All new fuel filters and a fuel polishing. replace 2 batteries rebuild one alternator new horn new compasses: electronic for autopilot and analog for helm all new fire extinguishers Then there was the want to have stuff: find and purchase a used RIB (rigid inflat...
Hello from Texas (for a month). The most recent trip included having Dawn's brother Tim on the boat for the third time. This visit he drove from Texas to Charleston SC. I was able to get a free parking spot at one of our group's Harbor Host home. Awesome service. And what an effort Tim! We planned a week with Tim that worked out. Very rare, especially in unpredictable fall weather. The journey included: A couple days at a marina in Charleston SC. Awesome small city with so much history. Trip to Beaufort (pronounced Bewfort) where we anchored and visited a really cute small town. A trip to Savannah. We were able to secure two nights on the city free dock right in the heart of the old downtown waterfront. Then we went to a little tiny town of Sunbury for the famous Sunbury Crab Co restaurant. Yum. Then a long day to another small town and free dock in Darien GA. On that day we saw a couple bald eagles, a couple alligators. Finally we did the last run to our month home in Brunswic...
Hi family and friends. We are back on the Dawn Watch after spending three HOT weeks back in Texas. Great to see the family and play with the grandkids. While we were away I had the marina in Port Washington do some much needed maintenance. We got back to the boat last week on 8/17. The yard still had some things to do so we just hung out relaxing. Went to the Bible Church in town with our new friends the Youngbloods. We think we gave them the Looping bug after seeing our boat. Yesterday we made the run over to the cool little tourist town of Port Jefferson. On the way in the harbor another boat, same model as ours, came in behind and shared this pic on Facebook Staying here till Monday to enjoy the Sunday Farmer's Market. Then on east. We are planning on meeting Dawn's brother Tim and wife Lisa in Portland Maine in a few weeks, but first, several stops on the way. Bought a new drone-DJI Mini 3 Pro. Really fun to fly but very scared of flying over water. Here's the first a...
So cute!
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