Day 93 - Nov. 17
We have finally left Vero Beach. A short motor of 12 miles took use to Cracker Boys Marina where we will paint our hull, fill the hole where I hit a rock in New London ( remember the hogback that was supposed to have 7' of water?), put in the new transducer and depth sounder, repack the stuffing box, replace the seal on the water pump, hopefully fix an oil leak, replace zincs on the shaft that have totally gone, and add a 12v outlet for the freezer. And we hope to do all that today and Tuesday and be out of here on Wednesday. The weather doesn't look promising for the next few days, so even if we do get in the water, we'll probably anchor off the shore here as the anchorage looks pretty good.
I will now pat myself on the back. I brought the boat into the travel lift in strong winds and I overheard one guy tell Greg that I did a really good job and another guy told me as I was getting off the boat that I did really well bringing the boat in. Yes...this will go to my head!
So, it turns out we were able to get the bottom painted this afternoon. I looked like a blue smurf when I was done due to the blowback from the wind. The rain held off, although it looks like the skies will open up any minute now.
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