We did not plan on spending so long in Vero Beach. It has the nickname of Velcro Beach, because you tend to stick around longer than planned, and that happened to us. With the new hot water tank not due to arrive until Thursday, we had time to do some other projects.
Apologize for the lack of photos, just busy, and not a good job this week with photos.
Monday we went out for a nice lunch with Tracy (Phoenix Rising) and Pat who owns Galileo – Pat is no longer cruising but lives in Vero Beach.
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| Nice lunch out at Casey's in Vero Beach |
After lunch, we went to the local Publix and did some provisioning, and took the bus back to the marina.
Tuesday, Kris started working on modifying the jib sail cover to fit the new jib. It turned into a 2-day project. We did not have a lot of material left, so she measured multiple times with multiple fittings to have enough material for the modifications.
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| Modified jib cover. At least the sail is protected now, even if the cover isn't that pretty |
She also sewed up some stitches in the dinghy chaps where the thread had rotted away in the sun, and made a new cover for our dingy gas tank to keep it more protected from the sun. We used the orange Sunbrella we purchased in 1993 for our first cruising boat and still have a bit left.
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| Restitching the dinghy chaps |
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| We have a bit of orange on every boat we have owned |
Thursday, we took out our old hot water tank, which involved draining the coolant on the starboard engine as well as that engine coolant runs through the tank. We got it all out and got the area cleaned up for the new tank.
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| Old tank out. Kris taking off some fittings |
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| Old tank out, and ready for new one to be installed |
Friday, our friends on Breathe came back to their boat, and our hot water tank arrived. We went out to lunch with Breathe, Phoenix Rising and Scott and Tina formerly of Sangaris. Have a nice lunch at Five Guys – but forgot to take a photo. After lunch, Breathe took us to Home Depot and to Walmart. We got parts to install the hot water heater, and many more groceries.
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| Old tank has stainless cover, new tank plastic cover and much lighter |
Back to the boat, and we got the hot water heater installed. Finished up late Friday night, and got many many groceries put away. The boat is the heaviest it has ever been, or seems that way, with all the food we have onboard.
Saturday, Breathe once again helped us out by taking us to a
metal recycler to get rid of the old stainless steel hot water tank, and a
final trip to get even more groceries.
We will be eating good for a while.
After the trip, we cast off lines, said farewell to Breathe, and headed
out. Big THANK YOU to Breathe for running us all over town for groceries and supplies.
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| Monica and Jason on Breathe |
Motored down the ICW to Jensen Beach to anchor for the
night. We will continue south today, and
hoping for a crossing to the Bahamas soon.
Glad you had enough fabric to modify the jib cover. Looks like it will do the job! Thanks again for picking up our "stuff" at the marina. Good luck finding a window to cross. We'll be hiding from some strong winds in a few days, probably in Rock Sound.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found the ‘final’ leak. So annoying when you think you’re done, and then the bilge pump cycles on …Hope you find a window soon to cross the Gulf.
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