We leave behind our wonderful friends aboard Corkscrew. We will miss them and know our props will be together again as they stay in Ft Myers and head back to Nashville for the summer. Next year we hope to see them on the water when we stay somewhere for several months instead of traveling.
We are only traveling a few miles down the Cal River toward Pine Island to anchor for a couple nights. We want to test out the new bridle as the winds are expected at 20 knts and see if our current anchor can handle it. As the wind is predicted to come during daylight we feel this is a great opportunity before we start to head south toward Marco Island where we will be anchoring until we can cross to either Shark River, for a night’s stay, or directly head to Marathon, in the keys. It is all weather dependent but knowing our anchoring can handle a storm makes one sleep better at night.
We anchor just off St. James City on Pine Island in 13 ft of water. When we arrive there are 7 other sailboats setting up for the storm too. We feel confident in this large area with a north or easternly wind, which are the predicted directions. The cooler temps are returning, in the high 60s, and with the winds, it’s chilly but we have a pretty sunset, a glass of warm and full bellies. Tomorrow the storms roll in.
Just as I was making dinner with the generator running, it quit. Scott went and did his usual check. It is overheating. Clogged with seagrass. He tried to clear it but it is stuck. Now he really wants to get the hookah system so he can dive at times like this and take care of whatever the bottom of our girl needs. It won’t be clear until we can get it out. Heading to Naples to a marina to hopefully spray water down the throughull. We shut down everything we can until we leave tomorrow.
