February 1, 2019 WOW – this is our first post of 2019. Kind of been slacking on the blog but busy while we were in Vero Beach. We stopped there on August 25th and planned to take care of a repair (heat exchanger) to the engine. After a couple weeks of troubleshooting the decision was made to order replacement parts. Unfortunately, they had to come from Holland with a 4-6 week delivery time! At that point we decided to make Vero Beach our temporary home until early 2019. We met a lot of great folks in Vero, the city is lovely, the beach is beautiful, and the craft breweries are delicious. We even managed to earn a little money. But a few days ago, we decided it was time to leave. We have reinstated our Garmin In-reach if you want to track us. Also, we have switched to Google Fi (thanks to Anne & Mike of the sailing vessel Ta Lira) which means we will have only one phone number – no separate Bahamas phone number. We left Vero two days ago in cold, rainy weather. The first night we anchored in Jensen Beach, the second we spent in Lantana. Today, we motored down the Intracoastal from Lantana to Lake Sylvia in Ft. Lauderdale. On the way, we had to wait for 15 bridges to open for us. We had a great ride, despite torrential downpours in the morning and a couple of *&^## powerboat operators throwing huge wakes. Oh the sweet satisfaction of slowly motoring up to that big motor yacht that had just barreled by us while it waited for the bridge to open. We also saw manatees for the first time in a couple of months. On Sunday, we are expecting a good weather window to open up for crossing to the Bahamas. We’ll motor down to No Name Harbor tomorrow, anchor overnight, then hop out the Biscayne Inlet to begin our crossing to Bimini. We expect to be in the Bahamas until sometime in May, when we plan to come back to the states and work our way to New England before the arrival of another future sailor (grandchild #2)! As always, we welcome you to come and visit us when we are in the islands. Please see last year’s blog entry about the whys and wherefores of sailing with us if you are interested. And finally, enjoy some photos of our time in Vero Beach and our journey on the ICW.
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