Total: 1608 miles 229.3 hours
Monday, 3/4/19 ~ We left Miami through the inlet. The current was with us, but the breezes were
out of the east so it made for a slightly sloppy ride. Bailey was once again not happy with the
motion of the boat. She has gotten much
more agitated with unsteady seas over the past 4 years. She pants and can’t settle down. She won’t even snuggle. We will probably have to speak with the Vet
to recommend a sedative to give her when we know we will be on an open body of
water with a chance or rocking.
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| Newly christened USCG ships at Sector Miami |
We had the current against us so we tried
to find the Gulf Stream. We headed out
about 2-3 miles off shore with no success. Winds were light and the waves only 1-3
feet. They did increase later in our
trip , but not enough to motor sail.
Off of Hollywood Beach, we spotted a
helicopter flying low over a 50-60-foot speed boat, obviously filming the speed
boat. They did a big loop around us so
we had an interesting show.
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| Kite Fishing ~ see the black smudges in the corners! They are only 3-ft kites. No wonder we can't see them when we are traveling! |
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| Our greeting party at the dock |
We were impressed with Las Olas City
Marina on our way down, we decided to stay a week here to get a few things
done. We originally assigned a floating
dock near the bridge. Pete first pulled
in forward into the dock, only to find that they were half-finger piers. We can’t get the dog off the boat from this
position. So, he backed out, turned around in the narrow fairway and did a
beautiful aft docking with a crowd watching from the bridge. I had dock lines ready on both sides so we
were ready, but when we went to run the electrical lines, there was only one 30-amp
service. We need two; the second if for the air conditioning, which we need as
it is currently 89 degrees! So… we undo
everything and head over to one of the fixed docks that will be our home for
the next week. Our dock hand suggested
that we teach a course in proper docking.
It is a 2-block walk to the beach. The main drag has bars, eateries and shops as
well as hundreds of college students on spring break! To say it is interesting is an
understatement.
Tuesday, 3/5/19 ~ I headed out for my walk around 9 am. There were lots of people of all ages walking
the sidewalk along the beach. On my
return trip, I was almost run over by a group of 8 college men who were jogging
north. I was walking south, as close to
the curb as I could, but they didn’t want to move over. I maintained my course
and got quite a few dirty looks from them.
I though about the scene in Fried Green Tomatoes, where Cathy
Bates’ character dared another drive to hit her, “I am older and have better
insurance!”
Pete scrubbed the boat and called a
diver to clean the bottom of the boat, on the dock master's recommendation. Pete also called the recommended rigger to look at our jammed furling main sail (Back at Stock Island, the
rigger never called back and the diver ever showed!)
I spent the rest of the day finishing
Deb’s photos. I am please with the final
selection. I hope she is also.
Wednesday, 3/6/19 ~ Pete was picked up by
Enterprise and went over for the rental car.
We then drove down to Marathon to bring the Acura up to Ft. Lauderdale.
Thursday, 3/7/19 ~ Today was chores. I did
some housekeeping, while Pete ran to West Marine and Publix. The boat next to us has had 2 guys scrubbing
and polishing for the past two days.
Pete was watching how they used a smaller 6-inch polisher/buffer and is
now investigating one so we might be able to polish the topsides of PEKABU.
(She really needs a good polishing!)
Yachts in tow past our marina ~
Yachts in tow past our marina ~
Friday, 3/8/19 ~ Processed a few more photos from Key
West. Unfortunately, the WiFi here is
terrible. It will take longer to get
stuff posted to the blog.
Pete spent a good deal of the day working.
I went up to read around 4 PM when the
dock master came over to wait for a new boat to dock next to us. I went over to
help as they were pulling into the fairway, I recognized Bill and Mary from SV
WINSOME, the Hunter who was next to us in Stock Island! It was wonderful to catch up with them
again. After talking we will do dinner
together tomorrow evening.
Saturday, 3/9/19 ~ I invited
Mary to come grocery shopping with me for our dinner and any other provisioning
she needed to do since we have the car.
We picked up all the makings for Chicken Fajitas.
I did all the prep and cooking aboard
PEKABU, but took it all over in Tupperware containers over to WINSOME. We had a wonderful time between good friends
and good food.
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| Tarpon and other fish were drawn to the light at the restaurant |
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| 15th Street Fishery during our arrival at Las Olas |
Sunday, 5/10/19 ~ We drove up to Ann and Howie’s to catch up, see Captain Marvel (which was better than anticipated since we have not seen all the movies) then drive back to Ft. Lauderdale with them for dinner at the 15th Street Fishery. We enjoyed the great company, food and huge tarpons that came to the lit areas next to the dock. We realized that this is the dock just NW of the 17th Street Bridge here in Ft. Lauderdale. We have passed it many times and filled up here a few times, but this was our fist time eating here.
We said out good-byes to Ann and Howie and
headed back to PEKABU.
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K & P
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