It sure is great to be back in the water. Our launch was a bit stressful with a few delays along the way. In order to sail to Cuba, we have to change insurance companies. To do that, you need to have a survey done on your boat (it’s basically a boat inspection) which includes the structure and performance (engine, sails, etc) of your boat. The surveyor needs to see your boat out of the water and also in the water for a sea trial. We decided to do all this in one day – in the morning Mitch (our surveyor) inspected the boat and after we launched, we did the sea trial. Here’s where all of troubles began. Our launch was delayed by several hours and our plotter wasn’t receiving a gps signal and much worse, we had no depth meter (which is linked to our plotter). Let me tell you, sailing in the Intracoastal waterway is challenging enough but when you don’t know the water depth, that’s stressful! We managed to get out of Riverside, get sails up for Mitch and get into our current home, Fort Pierce City Marina, without running aground!
We are at the City Marina until Monday (there’s a bit of a storm moving through the area today and Sunday) and then we’re heading down the coast to West Palm Beach area to the Marina we will be in for about a month. We had a challenge finding a space in a marina for a month But Mark kept calling and eventually got us into Soveral Habor near West Palm Beach.
Crimson Kathryn and her crew 