OK, we knew there was going to be some work getting the boat ready to put in the water, but it's turning out to be more than we initially expected. Even though we hadn't seen the dinghy when we surveyed the boat, we knew it was a "port a boat" and might be a little iffy. We sent Tom a picture and he said it looked like something that the Native Americans might have used back in the day. It's not quite that bad, but we are going to think about what our alternatives might be. For now it's completely assembled, ready to go on the divits and may have to work for awhile until something else can be worked out. Marilyn has spent a lot of time cleaning and rearranging things in most of the cabins and we still have a fair amount to deal with. We were scheduled to leave our apartment on the 18th, but I've talked with the family we are renting from and we have it worked out for another week if we need it. I feel much better knowing that we have that extra time to continue with the boat as well as determine where we will keep it once we put it back in the water. This morning when we headed for the boat yard, they were having a foot race over one of the two bridges that lead to Key Largo, so we had to take the other route which was about 25 miles longer. Only in Florida would they close a main road for runners. It would be kind of like closing I94 from Bismarck to Glen Ulin and then make everyone take old Highway 10 with no turn-offs.
The weather has been a little blustery lately with winds from 15 to 20 kts, so not too much boating going on. It will be interesting to see how often the winds blow like that and especially interesting to see how the boating is in the skinny waters of the keys.
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When you speak of "skinny waters" in the Keys, how big are they compared to Lake Tschida? Skinny is a relative word. It is cold here AND windy so we are envious of you, even working on the boat.
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