11/17/19

We made it!  To sunny Florida!  After a wonderful visit at Donna and Jerry's we skidaddled once chores were complete, cupboards filled with food, and Jerry's root canal complete. 
We had big north winds to push us south from Beaufort, NC to the St. John's River where we stopped to let a cold front pass through.  Ron and Deb on Scheherezade sailed along with us.

The leg from Beaufort, NC to St. John's River, Jacksonville, FL was rolly with following seas.  Dolphin were leaping out of the waves all day long.  What a show!  I tried to video and if you watch carefully you'll see a few.  Then back onto the ocean before the next cold front.  Another fast sail south to Ft. Pierce, where we had a scrumptious dinner aboard Scheherezade, and then motored the rest of the way to Stuart, FL. 
More rain and fronts passed through as we worked on maintenance projects on the boat................

Jerry works on rebuilding the water pump from the engine.

We took off the oil cooler from the engine, pressure tested it, and put it back on.

We'll be here in Stuart, FL visiting with Dale & Roni, Aunt Susan and Ken, Arnaud.......while waiting for parts to fix our rod kicker (it holds up our boom - the gas shock in it blew out) before heading to the Bahamas.  Send news - what's going on with you?