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SYL tied up in slip 44 at the St. Augustine Municipal Marina just after 1PM florida time.   We thought about taking a mooring ball, but we want to see the town tonight so stepping off the dock is favorable to a windy dinghy ride.  GOOD choice… the people and facility here are both superb.  Large concrete floating docks, very […]

SYL at Public docks in Jacksonville Jacksonville Landing at Night Jacksonville Landing We got up this morning to intermittent clapping on the boardwalk here in Jacksonville. Rusty knew what it was about. Apparently a marathon was started at midnight last night and people started appearing at the finish line around 8:00am. Now it was freezing […]

Jacksonville Florida SYL is at Jackson Landing in the middle of town, the big floating dock provided by the city is free. We tied up in front of Sushi KoJa where we had lunch and dinner yesterday. The food and prices are quite good, I expect we will repeat the process before we leave. Jacksonville […]

The morning is clear and cool, but not too cool.  We didn’t run the heater last night so the cabin was 63 this morning.  Nice under the blanket but a little chilly getting up at first.  The tidal range here is amazing.  This morning it’s high tide and I can see the stripes on the pavement […]

Today was a fun day… The morning was warm so a lingering fog wandered through the marina over the cool water until 10AM.  Ducks swimming about made the only ripples on the water…. no wind.  Before noon the sun broke through and produced a superbly sunny day.  Our time was spent warm and bright with good company (our dock […]

I did almost nothing productive on the boat today…. Our freinds took us shopping so we did some provisioning, but the only work on board today was loading the groceries we bought…. nary a screw or wrench was turned by my hand or any other on SYL today. I’d like to get her compounded and waxed, […]

The projects are getting smaller and smaller.  I got the new head out of it’s box, it will be an easy install.  I read the instructions last night.. so we are good to go.  Removing the old one will be harder than putting this one in. Our new friends John and Carolyn took me to […]

On every lucky boat there is always a winch or two on board just in case you need it… my boat has several scattered about….  Today was the day I chose to service all my winches. I’ve done good, I’ve got them all satisfied except one……  I have a kit just for the anchor windlass.  After I get done […]

The upgrade was not without blood letting and multiple trips under the boat … but by golly we have new throttles.  They are sweet!   A big part of the process was learning how the new throttle box works and getting it set up right.  The motors idle great, when I drop them in gear they […]

Well it is definite we are not going to the Bahamas this year.  Our daughter, Erin, is getting married in August in Destin, Florida and we are needed at home.  We had thought we could get it done with me flying back and forth but it has become clear that idea is not very workable. […]