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Date:Tue, 25 Dec 2022 15:20:00 GMT
Coconut Grove
Found the Sailboats!
Yesterday the 24th we left the anchorage at Miami Beach and motored down the icw for
about 2 hours to Coconut Grove. We left at about 13:30 and arrived here
about 15:00 and motored around investigating the area finally dropping
anchor near our friends on Moral Compass at about 16:30. It was a cold sail
with the high for the day only about 55 and cloudy with a strong north west
wind. The trip was uneventful.
This morning I got on the single side band radio and checked into the
Waterway net as well as Cruisheimers. They have nets every morning around
7:45 to 08:30 and we keep track of eachother locations and any news or
information pertinant to our travels. There are many people who don't think
SSB is important any more but I disagree.
As well, this morning, I was up sending pictures and happy holidays to
family, and everyone on our phone list.
We have been tracking a saltwater leak for the last few days and this
morning I think I found it. There was water appearing on top of the grey
water tank that is salt water. with saltwater entering the boat I always
have nightmares about through hulls failing but after digging through the
floorboards for a bit I found a leak on the stuffing box at the forward end
of the swing keel/centerboard. So I got out the big pipe wrench and
tightened up the stuffing box a little bit. Then we pumped out the water and
hopefully there won't be more water there tomorrow. It was dripping about
once per second.
Hannah is making pancakes and the boat smells wonderful. It's good to run
the stove on a cold morning as we don't have a reverse cycle heater/air
conditioner. It's raining outside so I think Brad and Stacey will be over
to cook Christmas Dinner. So it will likely be a busy day.