When we arrived in Key Biscayne Bight, I noticed that the starboard rudder post was leaking….pretty bad. I had packing added last September when it was hauled, but the starboard side has needed frequent adjustment. I thought I had it under control by the time I got to Loggerhead but I was wrong. After we anchored there was a steady stream running to the generator room bilge….
I called a couple yards who where busy trying to get boats ready for Memorial Weekend. But what I learned was that it was not essential to pull the boat out to add stuffing…would never have guessed. Called our new friend Benjamin for suggestions. He found a guy that could come out Wed. to help us. I need to see how this is done…could come in handy in the future.
So we are living on the hook. Which is good practice. We are cycling the generators off and on to see how long we can go without power before we loose stuff in the freezer. So far we have gone 5 1/2 hours with no power and not lost anything in the freezer.
This has been our first time anchoring and staying on the boat. I was nervous the first night and kept getting up and checking to make sure we weren’t dragging anchor…I think I was only up twice last night….beginning to trust our ground tackle.
Susan and I have made several dingy trips around the anchorage to explore…..
Just to the south of our anchorage is a sandbar which is quite popular on weekends and holidays. The were at least 100 boats there on Saturday and over 175 on Sunday. Mass hysteria. Oh and two or three Coast Guard boats and the Miami Dade Police. Too many different types of music blaring for my taste…..must be getting old.