Sunday March 18th
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| the dingy's bilge pump |
We weighed the anchor at 8:00. The chain was getting locked up on the bow roller because the pulley is not large enough. So it took more time than usual to get under way. It was a little more stressful than usual because it was Sunday and every recreational boat in the area was on the water. You may think George is very easy going and may not think of him as being aggressive, but you should see him when a big motor boat is trying to push him in shallow water. He will go bow to bow until the motor boat realizes he means business. I guess people do not realize that sail boats draw 4 to 7 feet and they just can’t go out of the channel. These were exceptionally shallow water outside of a very narrow channel. George drove most of the day. When we got to the Vero Beach Municipal Marina we needed to turn and go very close to the mangrove brushes which looked very shallow. Well, we did not. We have never been here before and didn’t have very good directions on how to come in. We called our buddy boat Indulgence and John dinged out and we follow him in. We still were having trouble with our refrigeration but planed to stay on the mooring ball for the night and get some dry ice to help keep our food frozen. Going to the dock was about $100.00 dollars and the mooring ball was only $14.00. Dry ice was the best deal. We went to the restaurant with John and Carolyn. It was a great meal. George and I treated ourselves to a Key Lime pie. It was excellent! Lime syrup drizzled on top. It was a beautiful sunset dingy ride back to the boat.
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Just chilling or at least trying to
George and Freida
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