Yesterday, we had to say good bye to good friends of ours who are owned by Koa Kai a Canadian-built PDQ Antares 42. Babs & Clark have two boats here (anyone know someone looking for a really nice Brewer 42 yawl with a bow thruster?) but need to head home to Ontario for a bit and then back down here to take Koa Kai cruising. We hope to raft up to them very soon!

One of the great things about cruising is the community that evolves. Here we were "stuck" in a foreign boat yard, living in a treehouse, with cold (for here) temperatures, and spending more money than we would have imagined given all the work we have already done, but we had a great time. Faune has even been looking at real estate on the MLS (scary).

The enjoyment comes from spending time with like-minded individuals who are in the same boat (so to speak). Wherever you are it always comes down to the people.

We have been really fortunate to be able to spend time and learn from two outstanding couples here, Babs & Clark, and also another couple Bobbie & JP who are owned by a Kanter Bougainvillea 62. I will devote another post to them tomorrow.

So....Babs and Clark are gone, Bobby and JP fly out tomorrow and we are listening to the water slapping on the hull, looking for a weather window to run out the inlet and continue the journey. We have an overnighter ahead of us to Cape Canaveral or Fort Pierce and there is a lot of wind over the next several days (those dastardly Canadian cold fronts).

We will run the boat today at high tide to sea trial her, come back to the float, go get groceries, return the rental car, then...watch the weather.