s/v Charabia

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Cool Sailing

15 November 2017 | Long Key
Helen/Mark
Slept well as the wind settled down overnight and the island provided shelter from the wave action. Started our day with chores and waiting for businesses to open so we could call them. Our storage unit apparently has new owners and didn't get a payment from us this month. We got some information from our mail forwarding company. Mark worked on the starboard engine once again. He pulled the starter and again thinks it may be the rear seal. We are a day out of Marathon and will get the diesel mechanic to meet us at one of the marinas. We hauled anchor around 11 and motored over to the reef where we saw different tour boats yesterday. We could not get the anchor to hold so we gave up since it was kind of cool to be in the water and flew the jib until we on our southerly course. Winds were around 10-12 so Mark rigged the original smaller spinnaker and hoisted it after we furled the jib. Our speeds immediately boosted to over 7 knots, just as a storm passed us by with showers. Our top speed was 8.3 knots with up to 17 knots of wind. We are anchored in the bay of Long Key which is well protected but still a little choppy with the steady breeze. The water is very clear but too cool to snorkel. Also, it was cold sailing with that breeze and we had to wear our socks and shoes for the first time since Manatee Pocket. We hand steered as we had to maneuver thru the myriad of crab pots. We are the only boat in our anchorage for the second night in a row, very little boat traffic down here.
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Vessel Name: Charabia
Vessel Make/Model: Fountaine Pajot / Athena
Hailing Port: Jacksonville, FL
Crew: Mark &Helen
About:
We are both computer folks that were live aboard cruisers back in the 90s. We settled in Jacksonville Florida after escaping the great white north and cruising the Bahamas, T&C, DR and points south down to Trinidad. [...]
Extra: Charabia is a French slang word for nonsense or gibberish. It derives from Arabic "sharab" which means alcohol.When you drink (too much) alcohol, you start talking Charabia. The original owners named her and Mark liked the name so it stuck.
Charabia's Photos - Main
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Nov 2017 trip south from Jacksonville
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Created 23 August 2018
Upgrades and maintenance to Charabia
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Created 27 June 2017
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Created 16 May 2015
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Created 15 May 2015
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Created 7 April 2015
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Created 4 April 2015
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Created 31 March 2015
Get the boat ready to cruise.
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Created 14 March 2015