SV Sereine
Cruising on a Whitby 42 based in Maine
| Vessel Name: | sereine |
| Vessel Make/Model: | Whitby 42 |
| Hailing Port: | Georgetown. Maine |
| Crew: | Marilyn, Charlie and Wil |
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30 April 2021
The Last Episode
We contnued our stay at Gulfport and practiced being sailors and cruisers. A big part of cruising is meeting people. We met many, warm and genuine folk who deftly added brush strokes to our Gulf Coast canvas.
19 April 2021 | Gulfport, FL
Back to Basics
We found everything we wanted in Punta Gorda. Rented a car, and drove to Miami Airport to pick up Pippin, another rescue dog from Virgin Gorda, BVI. She and Charlie are like two peas in a pod.
02 April 2021 | Punta Gorda
The five yard line
We left Salty Sam's Marina early on March 22. We kept our speed under 5 knots, averaging less than 3.5 knots. This is our new normal. There was the usual traffic along the ICW, including the usual wake.
21 March 2021 | Salty Sam's Marina San Carlos
The downhill run
We left the southern end of Sanibel Island back tracking up San Carlos Bay, and running NE along a stretch of the ICW to the Caloosahatchee River, which delivers us to the Sanibel Causeway Bridge. This is how we made our way to Fort Myers Beach. The mooring reservation came through and we enjoyed two [...]
11 March 2021 | Pelican Bay
Cayo Costa
It was a calm and sunny morning on March 1 when we hauled anchors and said our goodbyes to Marco Island. The outgoing current was significant despite being within 2 hours of low. I set the throttle to the lowest possible, and we were traveling at 5.5 knots. Itw as good to get outside of the shoals [...]
Thanks to All for Support
Jon, your well-grounded advice and tenacious anchor have allowed us to find stability along the way, rather than hanging on to driftwood waiting for a passing ship.
Glen and Pat, you have done so much to reduce the stress at home and abroad. The broad and I thank you.
Noelle and Dennis have kept me from going postal and voting more than once.
Bruce and Jackie thank you for constantly checking up on us, providing much needed humor, and talking me off the ledge. FYI, there are no ledges here, they are all sandbars.
All of you have enabled us to continue this voyage. Thanks to you, I have upgraded my hole in the ocean to unlimited, and am fervently working to fill it.
Today is our third day at the Fort Pierce Fairfield Inn. Shearwater Marine, next door to Harbortown Marina has removed the prop, drive shaft and transmission coupling. They have also replaced the cutlass bearing. A prop shop has machined the drive shaft to remove radially imbalanced mass leading to axial-centric stability. However, the coupling that Shearwater ordered does not fit, and if we get the replacement in time, we could be in the water late tomorrow, otherwise we could be here until next Tuesday.
Am I upset? maybe Does the hotel know it? maybe They put up signs along the marsh outside warning the Alligators of me.
Marilyn, Charlie and I have by now developed a certain affinity for tragedy and stress. After all, it is 2020.
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