Thinking about a vacation...off the boat.

Ok, so my month in Titusville is nearing an end...my new dodger will be ready this weekend and my new lifelines will be finished tomorrow.  The best piece of news I have is that I figured out how the custom lazy jacks that used to be on this boat worked and I bought new shock cords and installed them myself and they work great!

But....I have news.  I am thinking about leaving my boat here in Titusville and going on vacation for a month or two.  The reasons for considering this now are:

1.  I have been on this boat for 10 months without a break.  

2.  It's HOT and the humidity is killing me.  

3.  Hurricane season is just around the corner.  I've called every boatyard in South Florida (and 2 in the Bahamas) to prebook a hurricane haulout if needed and everyone is booked.  As it so happens I am already at one of the best Marinas in Florida for hurricane protection (in boating terms a "hurricane hole".). It's fairly cheap here and they do a good job of watching the docks.  I won't haulout, but my slip is in a great spot and I can come and go as I please (no liveaboard fee).

4. When I come back in September I can work my way to key west....then when hurricane season ends work my way to Grenada.

So...now I just need to decide where to go!

June in Titusville

The rocket launch was great.  So glad that I got to see one in person.  It's a great time to be in a boat ready to escape looting idiots, Antifa crazies and "defund the police" airheads.  I encourage all Americans with a brain to buy a cheap boat and be prepared to escape.

I'm in Titusville to do the following:

1.  Purchase a dinghy and electric trolling motor and safety equipment (done!).

2.  Have a dodger made ($1,800 expense)

3.  Have rigging inspected, lifelines replaced and lazy jacks installed. (In progress).

4. General boat cleaning and a bit of maintenance  and prepare boat for sailing.

It turns out that the lines I thought were for a Spinnaker sail were actually lazy jack lines and I had EZ Jacks (went out of biz a few years ago).  So I need to replace the old shock cords and keep the design or buy Harken lazy Jacks and update the design.  I'll be figuring that out today.  Not expensive. 

After all of this upgrading the boat will end when I leave Titusville. This is it.  

The carribean and key West are now semi opened.....they are calling me.