Back in the Water!

We are back in the water and moved into a new marina!

We are really excited to be back in the water and to have the boat much closer to us. The evolution was successful but it wouldn’t be boating without some drama.

“high pressure will dominate our region bringing warm temps and no chance of precipitation”

I awoke at 5:00AM to the sound of rain pounding on the roof, great! We left the house a couple minutes early with a light drizzle still falling. As we drove north along I95 I commented to Tanya that we were lucky that it was just light rain, not 10 seconds later the heavens opened up. Fortunately when we got to the boat the rain let up and we were able to launch under cloudy skies with just a few sprinkles. After launching I turned west into the Canaveral Barge Canal and toward my only obstacle, the Rt 3 bridge. Just before reaching the bridge the engine sputtered, coughed and died. I was in a wide part of the canal so I pulled over, dropped anchor and, knowing it was a clogged fuel filter, began the process of replacing it. I replaced the fuel filter, bled the system and was off and running again, just in time to miss the next bridge opening. Sooo I spent the next 30 minutes in the canal staring at the bridge waiting for it to open. Once through the bridge I turned south on the ICW for about 20 miles and into our new home! It was really nice to be back on the boat!

Some pics from the days events:

Into the travel lift:

 Throwing on some last minute bottom paint:

 Making the slow trek from yard to water:

Bridge over the barge canal:

 Entering the basin:

In our new slip!

Overall a pretty nice day!!