The boat went splash. We finally got her back in the water. We left Manatee Bay Marine about 11:00am at low tide. Boy am I glad we don't draw any more water than we do. We saw about 3.5 feet as we were leaving the channel area. Some guys that we met at the boat yard on a 41 ft Morgan draw 5 feet, so they definitely have to leave at or near high tide.
We left the Manatee Creek area and got into the deep water of Barnes Sound where there is anywhere from 5 to 10 feet of water at mean low water. Yes the Florida Keys have some skinny water. First we sailed down wind with the Genoa only just to see how it would work. Shortly after getting under sail we spotted several dolphin who came to see what we were doing. We hoped that this was a good omen of things to come. Since the wind was relatively light, 8 to 12, we decided to put up the main and see how things went. Everything seemed to work well. We were having a pretty good time, so we decided to sail around awhile before we headed to the Jewfish Creek and Anchorage Resort were we plan to stay for a few days. We arrived with no problem and got tied up with a little help from the dock master. When we hooked up to shore power we met our next challenge. No power on board. We had the dock master checking his outlet and checking our power cord. At first it looked like it might be a bad power cord, but then the dock master realized that he didn't have his tester turned on. (Marilyn just got up from her book to got get a blanket, so sometimes it does get cooler in the keys) Finally we found a toggle on the electrical panel that had no label. As soon as we turned that on, amazingly we had power. We never even knew that switch was there. That's the kind of thing that we've been working with for the last three weeks.
It was time for a beer. We had a friend we met at the boat yard drive our car over to this marina, so we felt we owed him a beer or two. At the bar we met a couple of other individuals that had helped us with repairs, so it's a good thing it was happy hour and the beers were only $2.
It's been an exciting day which includes finding out that our son Tom who's in the Navy is also going to go onboard a ship for 6 week in December and January. Time to go to bed. Till next time.
We left the Manatee Creek area and got into the deep water of Barnes Sound where there is anywhere from 5 to 10 feet of water at mean low water. Yes the Florida Keys have some skinny water. First we sailed down wind with the Genoa only just to see how it would work. Shortly after getting under sail we spotted several dolphin who came to see what we were doing. We hoped that this was a good omen of things to come. Since the wind was relatively light, 8 to 12, we decided to put up the main and see how things went. Everything seemed to work well. We were having a pretty good time, so we decided to sail around awhile before we headed to the Jewfish Creek and Anchorage Resort were we plan to stay for a few days. We arrived with no problem and got tied up with a little help from the dock master. When we hooked up to shore power we met our next challenge. No power on board. We had the dock master checking his outlet and checking our power cord. At first it looked like it might be a bad power cord, but then the dock master realized that he didn't have his tester turned on. (Marilyn just got up from her book to got get a blanket, so sometimes it does get cooler in the keys) Finally we found a toggle on the electrical panel that had no label. As soon as we turned that on, amazingly we had power. We never even knew that switch was there. That's the kind of thing that we've been working with for the last three weeks.
It was time for a beer. We had a friend we met at the boat yard drive our car over to this marina, so we felt we owed him a beer or two. At the bar we met a couple of other individuals that had helped us with repairs, so it's a good thing it was happy hour and the beers were only $2.
It's been an exciting day which includes finding out that our son Tom who's in the Navy is also going to go onboard a ship for 6 week in December and January. Time to go to bed. Till next time.
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