It’s been over two months since we left Boston, and I’ve only really posted once.  I will really try to get better at keeping you all informed.  It will also help us to remember what we’ve done when we look back on our journey.

On Sunday, December 1, we left Titusville.  We motored down the ICW since the wind was coming from the south and that is, of course, the direction we are heading.  We anchored near Eau Gallie Bridge in Melbourne the first night.  It was an uneventful day – but that is always a good thing.  The next morning we got up and did the same thing.  We went into Vero Beach City Marina and snagged a mooring for the night.  Since we got in at a fairly early time, we decided to put the dinghy down and try the outboard motor.  The fuel line connector had a crack in the o-ring, and the engine wasn’t getting enough fuel to start.  We were going to row ashore early, get the part we needed, and hopefully move on our way quickly.  However, Michele’s Mac was dead.  It wouldn’t boot up at all.   It was still acting funky once in a while, even though we had it looked at 10 days earlier at a place in Viera (near Melbourne - when we had a car and could drive there).  So, luckily we found a place in Vero that was a Mac authorized dealer who was willing to look at it for us – but not until 3:00 p.m. that day.  They were able to fix it for now – we’ll keep our fingers crossed.  So, Vero ended up being a two-night stay. 

During the time that we dropped off the computer and picked it up, Michele managed to drop and crack her phone, AGAIN.  The first time, the damn phone gets run over, the screen is cracked to smithereens, but still works fine (except for getting glass in my fingers)!  This time, the screen is barely cracked, but the display no longer works at all.  So frustrating.  Since we really are going to be suspending our phone service within the next week, we are not going to bother to fix it until we return.  (I’m already having withdrawal.)

We left Vero Beach early Wednesday morning and again motored south down the ICW.  While cruising past Fort Pierce, we took pictures for Steve cousin Karyl who has a townhouse in the area.  Still the winds were on the nose, so no sailing.  We anchored at Jenson Beach Bridge and had an uneventful day/evening.  (Again a good thing.)

After leaving the anchorage, we motored south down the ICW on Thursday, hitting many bridges that we needed to request openings.  After a while, we finally ended up in West Palm Beach and anchored for the night.  It’s weird being here without our friends the Murrays on Tranquility (now back in New Zealand). 

We were planning on leaving the Lake Worth inlet this evening to head south to Miami overnight, but again the wind will be on the nose.  We want to raise the sails!  So we decided to wait until the morning to go offshore.  The winds will be coming more from the east, so we should be able to sail.  It will also be good to have our shakedown sail during the day instead of at night when it’s harder to see what’s going on.

You can always see our current location at:  http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=08TU8OspZn1uAsEAyoPKqarpMd7Ei1qzs