21 May 2016 | Snead Island Boat Works, Manatee River
11 April 2016 | Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL
17 March 2016 | Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL
02 March 2016 | Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL
02 March 2016 | Crow's Nest Marina, Venice, FL
21 February 2016 | Ft. Meyers Beach Mooring Field
17 February 2016 | Gulf Harbor Marina, Fort Myers, FL
16 February 2016 | Gulf Harbor Marina, Fort Myers, FL
15 February 2016 | Gulf Harbor Marina, Fort Myers, FL
13 February 2016 | Ft. Meyers Beach Mooring Field
31 January 2016 | Ft. Meyers Beach Mooring Field
25 January 2016 | Burnt Store Marina, FL
21 January 2016 | Platinum Point Yacht Club, Burnt Store Marina, Charlotte Harbor Florida
20 January 2016 | Sarasota Mooring Field
28 December 2015 | Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL
16 December 2015 | Regatta Pointe Marina, Palmetto, FL
06 December 2015 | Gulfport Municipal Marina, Gulfport, FL
02 December 2015 | Gulfport Municipal Marina, Gulfport, FL
30 November 2015 | Clearwater Harbor Marina, Clearwater, FL
28 November 2015 | Moorings Marina, Carrabelle, FL
A Cruiser's Sunday
18 December 2011 | Vero Beach Marina
Jill
Although I’m still frustrated with being in one spot, today felt better. The day was cool, only about 70 degrees with a brisk north wind (not a good day for crossing the Gulf Stream, by the way). I took advantage of the weather and went for a walk to the park Bud and I went by in the dinghy. It is a beautiful park, at least a half-mile along the Indian River. I just missed getting pictures of some great kites. One was a huge dragon. By the time I had walked to where I could get the shot, they had come down. I did walk out on the peninsula and on the island. The picture is the same pagoda I took yesterday from the water. I put some other pictures in the gallery.
I walked for a couple of hours. After I’d gotten back and had something to eat, one of the cruisers we met at the Thursday happy hour came by and invited us to the club house here to play Mexican Train Dominoes (me) or watch football (Bud). I had a very nice time even though I lost. Talking to others we’re finding a lot of people spending more time here than they expected. One of the women I was playing with said she and her husband had intended to leave two days ago. Checking the engine before they took off he was trying to stop a coolant leak. When he tightened a bolt, it broke. He was then working on that in the engine using his 110V AC trouble light with his generator running (they were on a mooring ball) when his light went out. It turned out that the generator quit generating. The engine was still running, but no electricity was being produced. They’re coming to a dock tomorrow to get those problems addressed.
I was talking to him a bit when he came ashore to get his wife. I told him about the latest issue with the coupler (he knew the basics of our troubles, we’re becoming known – the boat with the engine problems). He told me it made him feel better to hear of our woes. I guess that’s our role here, everyone else’s problems tend to pale compared to Earendil and her engine.
So it was a nice day, and tomorrow we find out how long before they can get us back together again.