Now we're getting back to checking the weather at least twice a day and looking at the tide tables. We don't want to be ploughing behind Jekyll Island again. The current tables are still a little bit of a mystery, but the tides take much of that into account. We plan on following our path back south to around Vero Beach, and finishing our final preparations there. First stop is a Fernandina Beach mooring, followed by a few days this time on a St. Augustine mooring.
We spent less time ON the boat in Brunswick than we did in Marathon, but we have still been here way too long. Between moving Chelsea to and fro, finishing moving out and getting the house ready to rent, and the holidays we had been away from the boat about five months of it, but still.
On Thursday we cleaned up and reinstalled the solar panels on the rails on either side of the cockpit then called it a day. On Friday we checked the diesel fluids, topped them up and started it up for the first time in four months, and only the third time in eight. It started right up - a good sign. That night we went to Bennies again for the steaks cooked Pittsburgh style. I haven't had many interesting pictures lately (mostly paint cans and electrical connections) so I took one of Bennies. Note the walk in fireplace. Last time we were here they had a huge tree stump burning.
On Saturday we loaded the dinghy back on deck, filled the water tanks, and Heather cleaned out the aft head with white vinegar. The solar panels had been stored in there for six months, and even with the door cracked open for ventilation it was getting a little moldy. On Sunday we finished securing the dinghy on deck, treated the holding tanks, updated our electronic charts, and notified the office that this time we really were going to leave. We went back to Bennies for the Sunday brunch buffet, then we went down to the SSI dock to compare our multiple, conflicting weather forecasts against our eyeballs. This guy on the dock apparently gets the leftovers after they clean the fish. I think he viewed us as competition.
We're leaving the car in Brunswick for a while until we get farther south. We tried to get to sleep early because we had a long day tomorrow.
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