Once we made it back to the U.S. we made our way up the Intracoastal Waterway by way of Peck Lake, Vero Beach, Melbourne and a few days at the Titusville Municipal Marina. Arrangements were made for the boat to be hauled out at Westland Marina which is right next to the municipal marina. Things went pretty well except when the boat was hauled we discovered that the line to the port centerboard had broken and we were unable to raise the board. That didn't prevent them from moving the boat since many monohulls have much more draft than we do with the centerboard completely down. We did make a valient attempt to repair the line, but we found that we needed to have the board all the way down to complete the run for the line. So, since it was now on the hard, we have everything ready to go, but we'll have to wait until we put the boat back in the water to complete the process. We completed the other standard things that needed attention before leaving it for the summer and this year we decided to cover it for protection. Westland Marina has many more trees than were in Key Largo and it seems that birds also love to roost on the boats. So, the covering will keep out both the vegetation and the bird goodies from ruining the deck and/or plugging the scuppers. We're now on our way back to North Dakota, however, not very quickly. We're trying to keep from doing long driving days and the last we checked they still had a little snow on the ground in ND. We did get a message from friends today that said it was 77 today, so I guess we'll pick up the pace a little.
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| Drinking Tom's Spotted Cow |
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| On our way to Sandy Point for a fish fry |
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| Saying goodbye to Joan, Jerry, Chistelle, and Gary after making it to Titusville. |
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| A homemade cover for 9 Lives |
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