after months…..we have started again. We left Loggerhead Marina in Hollywood Fl. This morning at 7:10. Headed south through Miami and headed for No Name Harbor on the southeast corner of Key Biscayne. It is just off the ocean and a good position to take off to Bimini when the weather clears.
Small craft warnings with winds gusting to 25 kts out of the northeast. We were detained by two bridges about 30 minutes each.
Auto pilot worked great. Used stabilizers for a while in the open water below Miami.
Arrived at No Name about 11:30. Small harbor with about 8 boats already anchored and it was tight to find room to drop anchor. After a couple tries decided to look elsewhere.
The southwest side looked promising. Anchored in 13′ of water and after two tries made fast. In process the windlass stopped working. We made our second attempt at anchoring and I went below to attempt a fix. I had recently bought a larger anchor. The thought of trying to physically lift the anchor and 150′ of chain was not pleasant….
The 120 volt breaker was not tripped….then I found a control box in the anchor locker. Took it apart and found a reset button (which had a reset on the exterior of the box that I didn’t see). All is well now, windlass is working and I cleaned a fouled connection which could have been the culprit.
