Happy Thanksgiving to All!! We are in Tittusville, FL rafted up to our friends John and Barbara on "Sam the Skull" getting ready to celebrate the Thanksgiving Day feast with a group from the Marina...
We moved down to Tittusville on Monday after celebrating our friend Michelle's Big 40 on Echo Sunday Afternoon!! We invited John and Barbara to come up and join in the celebration...a good time was had by all as we "splurged" and made Margaritas in the blender!!
We had to say good-bye (for now) to our friends Mark and Michelle on "Reach" it is always sad to part ways with good friends even when you know that you will see them in a harbor down the way.
We headed off to Tittusville, inside the "ditch" about 30 miles south... forewarned that the "potty police" were boarding boats...as our friends Dave and Kathy on "Pacifica" were boarded while they were anchored in New Smyrna. Their heads were closed but not locked so they only received an $88.00 ticket instead of the normal $250.00 fine. So the day we left we made sure we had the lock in place and lo and behold it wasn't long before the boat in front of us received a boarding and we were soon to follow...
The rest of trip was not very exciting as we did not see any manatees (too cold I'm told) we did see plenty of dolphins as they were busy feeding but they proved too elusive to capture on film!! We did see this lone pelican drying out on the rocks just past the Haulover canal.
We reached Tittusville where we have had the use of a car with various trips to Super Walmart, Home Depot, Winn Dixie, and the laundry mat. All of this is very tiring to the Admiral who need plenty of beauty rest to keep up with everyone at happy hours....
We have been having many "discussions" on what and where we are heading....as the primary goal has been to get south where it is warmer (not yet achieved that one as the further south we head the colder it gets!!!) and work through the kinks on the boat....the latest one being our out of production auto pilot (WP300CX by Simrad/Navico) stopped working as it needs a new belt that is no longer available....all though they make an upgrade to the "clutch" and all you need to do is have a "technician" install it....so we have that on order and hope it will catch up to us in Miami where we can find someone to "install" it for us, meanwhile our friends on "Sam the Skull" have loaned us their "old" Autohelm from their "Johari" days to get us by until the Simrad one is back up and running. So the latest plan is to get to Miami and wait for a good weather window to cross over to the Bahamas....we hope to be in the Bahamas for Christmas, from the Bahamas the plan is to head through the Windward Passage to Jamaica and from Jamaica over the NW Caribbean hopefully by March....that is the plan of the moment keeping in mind that it is subject to change at any time....we will keep you updated!!! We plan to head off tomorrow from Tittusville out Port Canaveral down to Lake Worth hoping to get in by Saturday early afternoon where we can wait out the next batch of nasty weather headed our way....hopefully it will be warmer in Lake Worth!! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday and we wish our nephew Zachary a very happy 18Th Birthday!!
We reached Tittusville where we have had the use of a car with various trips to Super Walmart, Home Depot, Winn Dixie, and the laundry mat. All of this is very tiring to the Admiral who need plenty of beauty rest to keep up with everyone at happy hours....
We have been having many "discussions" on what and where we are heading....as the primary goal has been to get south where it is warmer (not yet achieved that one as the further south we head the colder it gets!!!) and work through the kinks on the boat....the latest one being our out of production auto pilot (WP300CX by Simrad/Navico) stopped working as it needs a new belt that is no longer available....all though they make an upgrade to the "clutch" and all you need to do is have a "technician" install it....so we have that on order and hope it will catch up to us in Miami where we can find someone to "install" it for us, meanwhile our friends on "Sam the Skull" have loaned us their "old" Autohelm from their "Johari" days to get us by until the Simrad one is back up and running. So the latest plan is to get to Miami and wait for a good weather window to cross over to the Bahamas....we hope to be in the Bahamas for Christmas, from the Bahamas the plan is to head through the Windward Passage to Jamaica and from Jamaica over the NW Caribbean hopefully by March....that is the plan of the moment keeping in mind that it is subject to change at any time....we will keep you updated!!! We plan to head off tomorrow from Tittusville out Port Canaveral down to Lake Worth hoping to get in by Saturday early afternoon where we can wait out the next batch of nasty weather headed our way....hopefully it will be warmer in Lake Worth!! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday and we wish our nephew Zachary a very happy 18Th Birthday!!
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