Another day waisted
12 December 2013 | Marathon
Troy
Made Marathon, rained all day and absolutely poured after I got here. Got signed in and dinked over to Castaways for sushi and happy hour, was pretty disappointed in the sushi... Oh well, met a couple young guys there that had sailed from Massachusetts, in a 25' boat, they left in September, the trip that took me two weeks took them three months. They went around Cape Hatteras on the outside in a 25' boat! Dinked back to the Marina where all the talk was the FWC, being a little heavy handed, boarding boats in the harbor late at night writing tickets for very questionable infractions... Apparently some young guy is on a power trip, trying to make rank. Walked over to Keys fishery for dinner, came back to the boat got a shower then sliced my finger wide open digging through the fridge for a snack... Apparently somebody had put a beer in the freezer and it shattered. It cut pretty deep! It's been twenty four hours and it's still a bloody mess. This morning my neighbor Mike, dinked over. He and his wife are from Evansville, they came down the Mississippi on a 26' sailboat 2 years ago, got here and realized it was too small, they now live on a 36' trawler. After Mike left I went to work on boat projects starting with putting together a power cord for the generator... Half way through Mike, dinked by and asked if I wanted to join him for a beer at the bar... Said sure as soon as I finish this cord I'll stop by. That was literally the end of me being productive today! Ran into the guys I meet a Castaways the previous night, they joined me and Mike, they are sailing for Key West, at first light and asked if I wanted to go... Sure... Why not... I've been in one place about as long as I can stand it... let's go! So tomorrow at first light I'm heading south again... So ends another day in the Keys, waisted away!