Good Morning!!

January 10, 2016

We left St. Augustine about 9:45. Jean and Marjo left much earlier so were gone when we got up and checked about 7 am.

Bo put a preventer on our boom so that if the winds picked up the boom would not jive the boom and sail.

Winds were at 14 and partly cloudy.

Our inside and outside of the boat is the dirties that it has ever been so the next time we are at a marina we need to give it a good bath and the maid needs to come and clean.

Our starboard wheel has a squeak that will drive you crazy if not to drink. It has made a squeaking noise and now we added a grind to it.

Bo just has one project after another a boaters projects never end.


The swell is about 5 ft but you don't feel it as they are so far apart.

Depth is 64ft, water temp is 79 at 2:30 pm.

Our AIS has one other boat on our screen out here in the Atlantic a 43 ft. sailboat named Wind Song. Not all boaters have an AIS but it is very important to have one that sends and also receives.

We are toasty warm as we have the full enclosure up in the cockpit.

Had our normal boating snacks Jalapeño Pringles, snack bars, peanut butter pretzels and ginger candy, how much better can it get. I have made 3 kinds of home made soup for us, one is a carrot and the other is sweet potato and a  Red Lentil so Bo has lots of choices for supper tonight.

We are developing an instrument problem as one has completely stopped working and 2 more are frozen. We are not in any danger but need to resolve the issue while we are still in the states if we need parts. We called and are going into Cape Marina as we have stayed there before in Cape Canaveral .

Better safe than sorry.

The winds picked up to 30 and one instrument froze at 14.

Great sailing.

We got into the marina at 4:30 am today and tied up to the fuel dock. Slept a few hours and got up and went to register about 9.

The picture is of sunset in the Atlantic at 5:45.

OK ready for the next issue. The power they have here is too high for us so either we move to another marina or run our generator. Bo is going to the marina next door and find out.

Funny one. When we were in Gloucester Point a boat from Canada came in with 3 guys and they traveled with us to Myrtle Beach. They then went on by themselves to St. Augustine. They were going down the ICW and at one bridge it was too low and knocked several things off the top of their mast. Next bridge it was reading 64 but they hit and broke their mast. The are at this marina so good to see them but what a sad story. They are selling the boat a beautiful Moody 46.

Until tomorrow when the saga continues.



Joyce from Cape Canaveral