Hanging out in Marathon

Ok, Ok, I am learning what the word patience means. I have been trying for 3 days to update this website with no luck. We are waiting for a good weather window to cross the Gulf Stream. Thursday night we met with 8 other boaters who are planning to cross at the same time. We are currently in a northern cold front, that is the worst time to go across. The current sweeps you to the north and if you are also heading into a north wind you will get huge waves and have the wind against you, Yuck! So you wait for a southern wind. We may get to leave this Wed. (Tony Brooks Birthday). We have always heard you might have to wait a couple of weeks for a good weather window, so we wait.

Marathon is such a strange place, the boating community and facilities are wonderful. The town feels like a mixture of Mexico, Chester Co. and Frasyer. The anchorage is extremely well protected from bad weather consequently; every sailboat in Florida wants to anchor here. This morning it was so windy we put out a third anchor. We were nervous that our anchor might drag and we would hit another boat.

The marina has a workshop, so you know where to find Glenn. He has been working on our new teak companionway hatch doors and the self-steering vane.

I did learn how to drive the dinghy this week, so look out dinghy dock.

Michele