Delilah's Meanderings

Ahoy, Capt. Mark making this log. Early this morning we left the Boat yard dock. Wait a second I need to back track a little and explain why we were back at the boat yard. Friday morning a bad storm went through the area while we were on the lake at anchor. I noticed that our anchor was dragging and we bearing down on a derelict boat. The only boat on that side of the lake ... Murphys Law! Long story short ... we and more importantly the boat survived, but our new Rocna anchor was lost. I loved this anchor. 😁. Saturday we sailed a little in the lake with the Genoa and then headed back to boat yard with our rudder between legs. Note a catamaran has two rudders so Kim and I both have our own rudder between our legs, no need to share like the mono hull sailors. We bought a 35 pound Delta anchor from Jerel and Tammy on Osprey and bought new chain and anchor line at West Marine. Getting back to this morning in the lake ... we went back to the where the Rocna is resting on the bottom. I spent several hours trolling for the Rocna with a big treble hook from the dinghy, only found a plastic bag filled with mud. I have not given up and will try again when we return in April. We ate lunch and then motored through the lake and a canal to get to the lock that enters Charlotte Harbor. We got through the lock without issue. I hoisted the main and we sailed with it for a while. Now we are sitting at anchor close to shore and it is very calm. First mate Kim made chicken tetrazzini... Yum yum! There was beautiful sunset. Hopefully we will get a good night sleep, because tomorrow we are sailing south (wind at our back!) to Fort Myers Beach mooring field. It will be long sail, taking about 8 hours. We are in a bit of a hurry because our holding tank is probably close to full. Better sign off and crawl into the sleeping bag ... Going to be in the low forties and we have no heat. Not complaining, compared to temps up North we are having a heat wave.

Fair Winds,
Mark and Kim on s/v Delilah