Brrrrrr

I know I'm preaching to the choir but it is cold for us here today. Just yesterday it was 85 degrees and we wanted to run the AC for a while last night. The cold air came here around 3:30am today. It was 53 at 7:30am and then 47 by 3pm. Cold and rainy all day.

We did a little laundry today and I wrestled with that alternator belt for over an hour today. Putting a belt on a marine engine is not the same as a car. Access is very limited and you work mostly by feel. You can't see most of the fasteners you are working with.

We had a nice visit with John and Madeline Knie on the NEW Chanceaux. It is a 42 foot Juneau. Absolutely gorgeous and impeccably maintained by John and Madeline. We talked about previous trips to the Bahamas, the crossings, and what we hope for this year. I'm really looking forward to Christmas and New Years on Green Turtle Cay if possible.

Filled the water tanks today and got ready to move tomorrow. It will be cold at 43 with winds N at 15 - 20. We will wait till the sun warms our enclosure and then be off for Melbourne. Probably anchor either at Dragon Point or behind the causeway at Melbourne. Then Thursday onto Vero for at least 10 days there to celebrate Thanksgiving and look for our weather window to cross to the Bahamas.. Won't need the heat anymore once we do that.