Cleaning

Today was cleaning day, we scrubbed the boat from top to bottom, Rob outside, me inside. Every surface is covered with a fine layer of mould. There are lots of mould cleaning products here as its a continual problem from the high humidity. I defrosted the freezer, cleaned the fridge.
Now we are stocking up with food and drinks for the 2 month trip to the Bahamas. Should leave on Saturday if the weather holds.

No internet on the boat so I sitting on a bench in the park, near the boat, where there is free wifi!

Happy Dog

While the race was on a couple came paddling past with 'Napoleon' the small dog on the bow. He was panting and Rob offered them a stop. He was very happy to be out of the sun and have his yellow life jacket off. Made himself at home in the shade.

New River

We are on the New River again, same spot as last year. Its good to be back in Fort Lauderdale, South Florida.

Today there was a fun event on the river, sponsored by Red Bull. The home made water crafts ended their 1.5 mile race right near our boat so we had a great view. Two boats sunk completely, one was called 'the Coast Guard'

Birthday treat

This was my birthday treat! A pot of crabs. Not a delicate meal, you end up with crab and sauce all over from cracking the legs. Sounds like a horror movie.

They were very tasty!

Impeller problem

Well the engine stopped pumping water again and we stopped for Rob to replace the impeller. Thats the old broken one next to the new one, it pumps the water into the engine.

Another good repair job done by Robert.

Stop overs

The Palm trees are on a golf course we slept next to on the 30th. The unusual thing was some golf carts had dogs running along side, dont think any SA golf course would like this.
The city lights are of North Palm Beach where we anchored to see Mike and Lynne again. It was a flat calm evening with sirloin steak on the braai!

March 30 2011

Here she is going back into the water. Once in the water the one engine started but would not pump water. Rob eventually got it pumping, after what seemed ages as we hung on the straps of the hoist.

This is the cooling system for the motor so must work.

We headed off straight away for Fort Lauderdale, with a few stops planned along the way.