Caribbean Wind

Vessel Name: Caribbean Wind
01 June 2011 | Palmetto, FL
21 May 2011 | Lake Worth
20 May 2011 | West End to Florida
19 May 2011 | Bahamas
18 May 2011 | Good bye Green Turtle and Jim & Barb
17 May 2011 | Green Turtle
16 May 2011 | Green Turtle
15 May 2011 | LYC GT
14 May 2011 | Still at Green Turtle
13 May 2011 | Guess
12 May 2011 | Still at Green Turtle
11 May 2011 | Still at Green Turtle
10 May 2011 | You know - Green Turtle
09 May 2011 | Robert's Marine
09 May 2011 | Leeward Yacht Club
08 May 2011 | Man-O-War to Green Turtle
07 May 2011 | Man-O-War
06 May 2011 | Man-O-War
05 May 2011 | Hope Town
04 May 2011 | Hope Town
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01 June 2011 | Palmetto, FL

We're home!

We made it home today following a 2-hour squall delay.

21 May 2011 | Lake Worth

Resting @ Lake Park Harbor Marina

We're treating ourselves (and our bodies) to a day of rest and doing a few chores. After doing a 56.4 nautical miles day, folled by a 47.9 nm day, then a 65.7 nm Atlantic crossing - we were ready for a day of rest. Not only that, but we thought we'd take a day to have our bodies get adjusted to this [...]

20 May 2011 | West End to Florida

Heading stateside

WEEEEE'RRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE BBBBAAAAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!

19 May 2011 | Bahamas

Great Sale to West End

Anchor up 7am and there's not much wind. We're leaving this deserted island with some poor, unlucky boater who was washed ashore on the North end. What do you suppose that's going to cost him????

18 May 2011 | Good bye Green Turtle and Jim & Barb

On the move

On the move - if we remember how to.

17 May 2011 | Green Turtle

Rush hour traffic

Another busy day in New Plymouth!

Resolving the alternator

09 May 2011 | Leeward Yacht Club
warm & calm
Took dinghy over to Roberts Marine just across the harbor where we met George. He's got a place he's got to be this morning, but he'll bring by the alternator that just happens to be at Ed's feet - literally! - by noon. That works for us as we'll head into town and get more oil so Ed can complete our oil change.

When 12:45 came around and we watched as George got into his boat and headed for town -- not our direction -- our hopes started to diminish. Well, I guess that means this is just as good a time as any to start the oil change. Just after Ed had extracted the old oil, I saw George coming around the channel. Ed jumped on the dock to flag him down, and he came over to us. He's got to try and get a part on a plane within the hour so he's going to have a guy named Jody come by in 10-15 minutes. That gave Ed just enough (OK, almost enough) time to put the new oil in. As he was finishing up, Jody came on board. Ed & he talked and we concluded the alternator does need to be replaced. Jody phoned George and said we come by for it in just a few minutes. So, back to George we go. Got the alternator and Ed changed it out. George said he'd come by to settle up and make sure we didn't have any problem.

As I started the engine, Ed confirmed all looked good down below. We had 14 Volts charging and we even got our tach back!

A few minutes before 5 we decided it was time for a dip in the pool and we'll catch up with George tomorrow.
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