The Miami Boat Show is one of the larger shows in the country. Siyasinana was oogled at by many and we did our best to make it look like we did'nt live on her. That included taking Rosti our sailing cocker spaniel to the doggy hotel. One nite in Coconut Grove, where we anchored for a week before the show to clean etc., Lisa wakes me up around midnite to check out the awsome torrential rain and lightning. OK. While admiring mother nature I look ahead to our friends on a 42 ft cat. Oh my gosh, there's a monohull adrift in the 30 knots coming thru the anchorage and its wrapped around the bows of our friends cat. Jump in the dingy to assist. The mono's dingy sunk and was stuck/wrapped around his bows. I was just about to board and help when she lets loose, ehich was good, but was now drifting right onto us, which was very bad. A nice but terrified woman on the dragging boat asks if I would board and stop her boat. There wasnt much time...I said' "just put it in forward and motor forward straight into the wind". "What's forward"she says.
Biscayne Bay is nice and we enjoyed cruising the northern keys with Lisa's mom and dad for a week after the show.
Next stop Ft. Lauderdale for some maintainance. Then Jupiter, Cape Canaveral and north for our first time in the ditch. I tell ya..it seems easier to cross the Atlantic than paying all so much attention to navigating the intercoastal. I think we prefer the blue-er water.
We are currently back in Buffalo hard at work and plan to reboard in October for a winter of additional adventures.
If any of you in blogland have any questions or comments about any aspects of our 10000 mile journey, feel free to contact us.
gary and lisa