May 9, 2013
This morning, we left Miami after two weeks of 'civilization'. Civilization includes American food stores, coffee shops, book stores, restaurants with familiar food, and parks with beautiful flowers and trees.
We do not often rely on our alternator for battery charging because our solar and wind generators normally produce all the power we need. Late last week, after a lot of cloudy weather and little wind, we decided that we should run the engine a bit to top off the batteries. At that time, we found that our 100-amp alternator was only producing about 10 amps. Fortunately, this happened in the States, so Tom was able to buy a new alternator and install it, and we were ready to leave a couple days later. So, civilization also includes engine parts available the next day, and miraculously, it was not an exact replacement but it fit our 18-year-old boat.
This is the beginning of our trip west to Bradenton, where the boat will be docked for the summer. Tonight we are anchored near Key Largo. We are planning to go to Marathon tomorrow and then to Little Shark River on Saturday. When we arrive in Little Shark, we will be without Internet for up to two weeks. Since we had Internet for most of our time in the Bahamas, this will be a long time disconnected. Our current plan is to stay in Little Shark until Monday and sail overnight to the Dry Tortugas, provided weather cooperates.
Joyce
Anchored at Rodriguez Key
Key Largo, FL
Map Cruise 2012-13
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