CODA BAHAMAS BOUND 2024-2025 (54)

 CODA :  boat maintenance in an exotic place.

20 November 2024

Palm Coast Marina, Palm Coast, Florida  

Another 40+ foot Canadian sailboat headed for the Bahamas (Why do I feel left behind).

Marc-  Today was forecast to be a wet and wild day as the remnants of hurricane Sara rolled on through.  What was left of the storm headed for the Florida Panhandle (nowhere near us).  We were left with 80 degree temperatures, high humidity winds of 15 knots or so.  No rain whatsoever!

Now on to our plan to do inside boat maintenance today.  We installed a new depth finder (almost).  Everything seemed to go well except the two part epoxy that failed to harden.  I ended up cleaning up the mess and will start over tomorrow (the epoxy is for an inside depth transducer.  We followed the directions perfectly and everything tested out including putting the the transducer in a plastic zip locked bag and placing it on the inside of the hull.  The depth reading was spot on.  

We did spend time riding our bikes back and forth twice to Home Depot for a total of about 6 miles if you include taking the waterfront scenic route back.  

You know how I love to take sunset photos.

Sara and I followed the pretty lights to see what could be at the end of this rainbow.

Townhouses.  At first sight this didn't seem bad but it is actually 4 townhouses, each for about $ 350k.

You all know I enjoy more simpler and lower cost pleasures.

Lou- Home Depot day!

First we got a ride in the morning with Dad's new friend. He entertained us with stories of "snake fish". Have you heard of them? Apparently they sort of look likes snakes, but they have legs! They move around in the water and on land and eat things that are important to the local ecosystem of wherever he was talking about.

Apparently there's a bounty on them!

He told us the most popular way of hunting them is with bow and arrows. 

The second time we went to Home Depot was on the bikes. It was so humid today I didn't really want to do anything, but the wind was refreshing as we cycled!

Gotta go! Goodnight :)