February-March 2018

We loitered and played in Marathon until mid March and then made our way up the Bay side through Miami.    I was able to enjoy a few games of Pickle Ball, a first for me.

A stop in Tarpon basin anchorage for the night allowed us to see Dave and Darlene.

Moving north we anchored at Oleta Park with the next few days looking promising for an outside run.   And we took advantage of it, Miami to Lake Worth then again outside to to St. Lucie Inlet.

No blue stripe on the side any longer.  Hard to see, but it really is shiny

We pulled into Fort Pierce the following day after anchoring near Jensen Beach to avoid the strong southerly winds.

A few days after we arrived in Harbortown Marina, we went over to Cracker Boy boat works and were hauled out.  Manuel and his gang started sanding the next day and we had a newly painted topsides a few days after.  So shiny and new looking.  The downside is we will have to wax the rest of the boat so it appears to be somewhat uniformly shiny.

Next its on to Norfolk where we'll leave the boat for several weeks as doctors probe us and scold us.  And we see grand kids.

Once back on the boat we're off towards New York and Long Island Sound.