We arrived in Ft. Pierce on Sunday and anchored just off the marina for the night. Monday morning we called into the marina for fuel, and our slip assignment. We had reservations to come in to get the repairs done. Oh my God, if anyone had a video going while we docked, I would have looked like a chicken with its head cut off! We seldom (maybe twice now) dock on pilings...always floating docks. But, pilings is what we had. You have to loop your llines over the pilings as you come into the dock, either with a boat hook, or lasso the piling. I started off with the boat hook...not working. Switched to the lasso technique...threw the lines into the water. This is not just one line...but 3 lines that I had to get on...so I'm running from one side of the boat, back to the other, up forward...swearing like a sailor evertime I missed. I never noticed, but Al told me the poor people on the boat next to us went below decks til we got tied up!

Anyway, that was Monday morning. By the afternoon, everyone who needed to give us an estimate had come and gone. By Tuesday morning, we had estimates for all the work that needed to be done. By noontime on Wednesday, Alan had removed all the stainless rails that needed to be replaced, which involved disconnecting the backstays, bracing our davits (they are connected to the railing), removing lifelines, solar panels, lifesling, etc, etc.

As of now, everything is still in the shop, but we are hoping to have things back this afternoon...wish us luck. That would give Alan the weekend to get everything back together, and hopefully we will be out of here on Monday or Tuesday. We haven't missed any opportunities to cross the stream, so we aren't really losing any time while we are here. We are in walking distance to a West Marine and a Publix (grocery), so when we leave here, we will be stocked and ready to go.

There is nice little restaurant here, as well as a pool, 60" tv in the lounge for watching movies, but no laundry. So, I might be leaving here with a bag of dirty clothes. But, if we can get to Treasure cay right away...I'll just drop it off at the laundromat on my way to the beach and VOILA!