Sunday we moved aboard Apolonia, after having loaded the boat. Ready for the adventure — a boat trip to the Chesapeake Bay. We’ll been away from long boat trips too long — since 2017.
Easy under way from Fort Pierce, but chart plotters were not working. I figured I’d work on them a while, but just 10 miles later said, no way — must have help. Pulled into Harbor Town Marina, back in Fort Pierce, and asked for a bit of help. After some investigation, we determined plotters were fine but boat power to the helm station was the problem. Batteries ok, so it is a cable issue. Still working to determine which cable is not carrying the required 12Vs, but hopeful this will be fixed by tomorrow noon. This has cost us 1 of the 3 weather or mechanical down days we had planned for the trip. We’ll see what’s up as we move forward. Now planning a 12 May arrival in Colonial Beach, VA, well before our 14 May deadline.
Even with the issue, Carey had a great day. Several people stopped by and said, “nice boat,” then in conversation she discovered we had common friends and experiences with them in the long-range boating community, particularly in the Bahamas She was enjoying being back on the water, as was I. I determined our new dinghy was riding nicely on the new Hurley swim platform davits we chose to haul the dinghy. Looking forward to anchoring out…our favorite. We ended the day with dinner at The Cove Restaurant, located at Harbor Town Marina. Maddy loves being back on the boat and is snoozing as we end the evening watching Beverly Hills Cop and Operation Petticoat. So nice being old folk!
Tomorrow we hope to be off to Titusville. A few pictures below.
Sorry to hear you had difficulties day 1! But otherwise happy to hear you’re on your way. Enjoy!
Hi !! Sounds wonderful for you both ! Looking forward to your CBVA visit !! xoxo Peggy