November 28
Big breakfast! Organized the boat for another overnight sailing hop to the area of West Palm Beach, Lake Worth area. As I mentioned before, we met another sailing vessel from Canada named JOANA, registered in Quebec. Marie and Cathy sailed on the Picton Castle Ship for many years and now they owned a mini steel ship of their own. They had many questions for Wade about everything! We invited them aboard for a tour of the home built masterpiece... they really enjoyed some of the design features. Handed them a boat card and by 11am we asked if they could assist us in our departure. The crew from Joana gave us a little push, and off we went. I drove the boat out of the canal and noticed one of the casino cruise boats calling us on ch. 16. They wanted to insure that we knew they were leaving the dock, too. All was fine... we were making good speed and we passed them. Once we got on the Atlantic, the winds were light and we decided to pull out the jib and not even bother with the main sail. The sun was burning hot... I had to go below to put my shorts on. The sail was beautiful... generating lots of solar energy, but not much wind power. Wade noticed that the steering fluid pump is leaking every 5 minutes... and the company is located in Ft. Lauderdale. The plans have changed... pushing further south to the Port Everglades area... instead of Lake Worth. Our expected arrival should be near 12pm on Sunday. My shift is between midnight and 3am!!
Big breakfast! Organized the boat for another overnight sailing hop to the area of West Palm Beach, Lake Worth area. As I mentioned before, we met another sailing vessel from Canada named JOANA, registered in Quebec. Marie and Cathy sailed on the Picton Castle Ship for many years and now they owned a mini steel ship of their own. They had many questions for Wade about everything! We invited them aboard for a tour of the home built masterpiece... they really enjoyed some of the design features. Handed them a boat card and by 11am we asked if they could assist us in our departure. The crew from Joana gave us a little push, and off we went. I drove the boat out of the canal and noticed one of the casino cruise boats calling us on ch. 16. They wanted to insure that we knew they were leaving the dock, too. All was fine... we were making good speed and we passed them. Once we got on the Atlantic, the winds were light and we decided to pull out the jib and not even bother with the main sail. The sun was burning hot... I had to go below to put my shorts on. The sail was beautiful... generating lots of solar energy, but not much wind power. Wade noticed that the steering fluid pump is leaking every 5 minutes... and the company is located in Ft. Lauderdale. The plans have changed... pushing further south to the Port Everglades area... instead of Lake Worth. Our expected arrival should be near 12pm on Sunday. My shift is between midnight and 3am!!
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