tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7331729180584189982024-03-05T06:05:19.868-05:00 Ericson 36C KasidahLife is to short......Just go ahead and do it, we have.Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-49088435553558970032018-01-27T13:38:00.000-05:002018-07-02T21:36:36.979-04:00We’ll call this our Lucky Trip to the Bahamas of 2017.<br />
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After the Big Thanksgiving parties at Indiantown Marina, the kids coming to visit, everything on Kasidah was finishing up as planned, we got lucky with a good 4 day window of weather and tides in our favor. The tides are at 3 locations that we needed a high tide; 1st The cross roads of the ICW and the St Lucie River, there’s a known and shifting shallow spot (Called the hump) that we usually bump or even worse, get towed off. So we like a good high tide to cross it, Luckily high tide was at 11 am on Saturday giving us a 2 hour window or more to cross it. 2nd The West Palm inlet leading out to the ocean is best to leave on an ebbing tide, (outgoing) The current in that inlet can be as strong as 3-4 knots and being a small heavy boat that at best can push 6.5 knots it can take you ½ - 1 hour to get out that sucker and if a large ship is coming in it gets even worse. Luckily On Sunday morning Ebb tide started at 6 am, we were planning to leave just at sunrise. 3rd The inlet or channel in the Bahamas where we go to has been having issues with filling in to a point of 3 ft at low tide, we draw 6 ft and need a high tide to get into the inlet. Luckily on Monday the high tide was at 2:08 pm giving us all morning to sail 26 miles from west End Bahamas to the inlet.<br />
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We left Indiantown Marina on Friday Morning after Thanksgiving with our son-in-law Jeremy and headed to Stuart and Sunset Bay Marina.<br />
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The trip involves the one lock which if your timing is wrong and arrive there having to wait for the lock to cycle from up to down and then back up again with boats in both directions it could take better than an hour. Luckily it was open and we motored right into the lock being the 3rd boat in to be lowered. Amy and the kids watched us come in and leave from shore at the lock and got some photos of us. The rest of the trip was as smooth as could be ending as we picked up a mooring ball in a pretty empty marina. At $35, plus tax, per night just for a mooring ball, yeah no wonder right. We put the dinghy in the water and motored to the office where Amy and the kids meet us. We had a nice meal at The Pelican Restaurant and said good-bye to them all.<br />
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They went back to Indiantown Marina and moved their RV to another Campground in Hobe Sound. Arline and I went back to the boat, played some cards and called it a night.<br />
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We didn’t need to get up too early to head down the ICW toward North Lake Worth because of the timing at the cross roads. Our timing put us there about a 1½ hour before High Tide, Arline was a little nervous and wanted to slow down. But as we rounded the last corner we saw a Boat US Tow boat pulling out of a little bay. I hailed him on the VHS and told him our depth and concern about the hump. “Captain I’m Just in front of you right, I will do some soundings as we go through together, Just stay in the middle, follow me and we’ll be fine” Captain Woody was right and we had about 4 ft under our Keel. We felt pretty Lucky again. At the first bridge “Hobe Sound Bridge”, we were in contact with Amy and Jeremy with the kids by phone. They were on the bridge to watch it go up for Grams and Pop Jon. We saw them wave and hope they had a good time.<br />
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There are a couple of bridges where the distances between them put Kasidah’s speed at her max and we really had to push her while the tide was against us but we made them all. Pulling into the anchorage we had enough time to walk Blue twice, have a nice dinner, and I think we watched a movie. We felt really bless to be this lucky.<br />
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The morning of the crossing we got up before 5 am, walked Blue and put the dinghy away for the crossing. I take the motor off and tied the dinghy with several additional lines. We were expecting some waves and the last thing I wanted was that thing to start moving back and forth on the davit rig. The anchor came up in the darkness and we motored down the last of the ICW toward West Palm Inlet, Peanut Island and the real adventure of our crossing. Arline was up on the bow with the million candle power spot to look for markers as we headed south. The sunlight was just starting to come up as we rounded the last bend in the ICW when,…..the engine started to sputter promising to quite! Luckily we were 100 ft from the fuel dock at Riviera City Marine. I hit the emergency fuel pump switch on our “Filter Boss fuel polishing system” to add extra fuel pressure to the engine and we made the dock without an issue. The Tide was just starting to go out so a 180 turn and our nose was to the current and the reverse prop walk to port set us on the dock like a boss. No need for panic at this point but what the hell was going on was the big question.<br />
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As Bob Bitchin would say with a diesel; It’s either fuel, fuel, or it could be fuel, and it was fuel. We have two tanks, a main tank of 40 gallons, and a day tank of 9 gallons. I have a valve to pull fuel from either tank and another valve to return fuel to either tank, and the option of 2 filter to go through. I even have a vacuum gauge and warning light to show if one of the filters gets plugged. No lights, no warning on a gauge to indicate a bad filter but I still tried the 2nd filter. Stated the engine and it quite after a bit. I changed the filter on the engine itself, nope. Then I checked the fuel pump on the motor and saw that no output was there, tah-dah. I had always assumed that if the electric fuel pump on the engine stopped the second pump and switch I had would push by it. I guess that’s something I’m going to have to work on. After a little troubleshooting I found a loose connection at an engine harness. I proved to myself that the fuel pump was now moving fuel to the engine, put it all back together, a quick power test at the dock and we were off just as the dock master was about to say you can’t stay there. Lucky again.<br />
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Our trip to West End is always a full day usually arriving at dusk or in the dark. We spent about 1 ½ hour at the dock and knew our arrival would be in the dark thinking around 9 pm or so. We’ve been there many times and have tracks on our GPS system into the harbor so we felt fine leaving this late and continued.<br />
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Going out the West Palm inlet was as predicted with an outgoing current of 2 knots, we flew out into the ocean in minutes. The winds couldn’t have been better being from the NW around 12-20 knots. With the gulf stream and crabbing to point at West End the wind was on our beam which Kasidah LOVES. The waves were 2-4 ft with and occasional 5 or 6 ft, and at least 7 seconds between waves it was real sailing. We each steered for 2 hours just because it was great sailing and we thought the auto pilot might not keep up with the larger waves close to shore in a little shallower water. We were doing really well and making up time to West End. About 2 hours out all that sloshing around of fuel in the tank the engine had that sound of changing RPM, we did clog a fuel filter. We had the warning light and vacuum gauge to confirm it. Even a visual of the filter showed it was ugly. Luckily with the “Filter Boss” switching to the 2nd fresh fuel filter is just flipping 2 levers and away she went.<br />
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Lunch and the autopilot was put to work,…Excellent!!! We were fishing, napping motor sailing and kicking the clock in the butt showing an arrival time just at dark kicking 1 ½ hour or more off our crossing time. Then with 2 hours left I heard it again,.. that faint change in the engine RPM. A quick look below didn’t show anything at all, kicking on the extra pump did nothing, and then it stopped. It cut our speed by only 2 knots but we didn’t have all sails up. It’s still fuel for sure but why. After about 10 minutes for some unremembered reason, as I was thinking about the main fuel tank gauge showing still quite near full after 18 hours of running I checked the day tank in the cockpit box, which is only checked by taking the cap off and looking into it. It was empty, bone frigging empty!!! But the valves are set for the 40 gallon main tank. Okay this is simple bad valve. Move a few hoses around to eliminate the valve in question and get fuel to the day tank with transfer pump, make sure it‘s pulling and returning fuel to the day and we‘re off running again, and she ran the rest of the way to West End no issues, arriving just after dark about 6:30 pm. So with all the trouble and delays, but with great wind, waves and a very gentle Gulf Stream current we had the best crossing period! We did have one fish in the middle of the Stream which was a small Barracuda which got thrown back.<br />
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Too late to check in at customs so we set about the task of getting ready for the following days trip to Silver Point Inlet. High tide was at 2 pm so we wanted to leave by 9 am. So to the fuel issue at hand now; The Day tank if full would be more than enough fuel to make our trip to Silver Cove, but it wasn’t so how do I fill it. Move more hoses around, switch valves and hope that what ever was wrong would get set back. Nope! I had 10 Gallons of fuel on the deck in Jerry cans. I only needed to fill the day tank and leave stuff alone because she ran fine the last 6 hours. And so she did run fine all the next day.<br />
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Up early the next day I used the internet to check in with folks and wait for the customs office to open, There’s a new customs building and 2 new people for a total of 4 people I had to go though. They didn’t open till 9 and at 9:10 they still had to stick their breakfast pockets into the microwave before they could start my paperwork. They have a cashier now too and she’s got 4 new stamps. It was the longest check-in ever but we were off by 9:45. Once out into the ocean the wind was quite behind us and I really didn’t want to waste 3 minutes to head up into the wind to hoist the main and another 3 minutes to take her down once there, so the big head sail came out on her own and we were again flying, great sailing. As we rounded the corner near Freeport the wind shifted as predicted was close to on the nose. A little bit of running away from land just with our stay sail pulled in close till we had a good line to the inlet and we arrived right at high tide. We had a couple of friends in boats come out to guide us in as the channel had again been compromised by storms and our 6 ft was going to be an issue again. There was a bit of confusion as to when high tide was and one boat with a depth meter read 5 -5.6 ft at a long, low, new spot. Arline said “What the hell, lets go for it, this is all we‘re going to get for tide and water today”. Easing our way into the calm water Arline was up on the bow trying to read the water but it was very sandy, ¼ way in and I feel Kasidah touch and she comes up out of the water just a bit and starts to slow down. “Go!!!” is Arline’s command, “Which way?” was my next question thinking right or left. “FAST!! FLOOR IT !!! GO GO GO JUST GO!” I gave Kasidah all the fuel she could get and she moved straight though, we pushed thought 100 foot of very soft sandy stuff and we were in deep water, YEAH!<br />
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GO KASIDAH!!<br />
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New underwater light, and new LED lighting on the bow and in the cockpit.<br />
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We are at the same dock as last year and very few people were here, friends here all greeted us to catch lines, let the tennis and fishing begin.<br />
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<br />Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-5443091978881108272017-12-02T20:33:00.003-05:002017-12-02T20:36:09.664-05:00Let us 1st apologize for being a year between posting on the blog here. Time goes by so fast and we’ve been so busy making time go by even faster.<br />
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The season of 16/17 in the Bahamas was our best year fishing, diving, tennis and so much more, Arline went back to the states twice to watch Gwen and Cal for 9 days each time to allow Amy to do some Air Force reserve work and Jeremy to do some traveling for work. Blue and I stayed on the boat.<br />
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I watched a 110 foot sailboat get set as a dive spot (AKA Sunk) and then dove it three times. Everything worked fine on the boat, the trip home and putting Kasidah away was easy.<br />
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The summer of 2017 was Jae Bee’s busiest and best to date allowing us to buy a <b><i>newer</i> </b>van and leave a bit early that fall and budget some work on Kasidah. Traveling south we stopped at the kids and grandchildren and my family in CT.<br />
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We did a lot of work on Kasidah this fall as we did budget for it and needed several big things done. We unstopped the mast by hiring a crane and help from some other boaters we had that thing down in 17 minutes. From the time the crane pulled in and set the outriggers to the point that I paid him,…17 minutes.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gayle and Julia two of my best and favorite go to and fix it boaters, Trust them more than you can imagine. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it was 5 minutes at this point with out set up,...we were so ready!</td></tr>
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I watched another mast come down by the pros that took over an hour. We are keel stepped and the step at the bottom of the mast was in bad shape. It is a 6” piece of steel I beam glassed onto the top of the lead keel. “?” <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The shoe, boot, step that the mast sits on and was reused, and the old steel piece in the background.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the old steel piece and the new piece</td></tr>
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After I bought a new tool and cut it out we had a new one made from steel again. A sister boat did the same thing this fall and we stopped to see his job, he had one made out of Stainless Steel. That cost him a lot just for the Stainless Steel pieces. I thought if this steel lasted 40 years I’ll just do that again and for an 1/8th the cost, yeah I’m fine with that. Since nothing is level or square on a boat for the most part it was very nerving for me to get the thing back into the exact same location, and how close did it really have to be. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installed new mast step and fresh paint</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very happy with the out come of this big project</td></tr>
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While the mast was down it was time to update the standing rigging. At 1st I was going to hire somebody to do it so I didn’t have to worry about how it turned out. But a few things changed my mind, the company I thought about using had a reputation for being over time and budget. I’d heard stories where it was promised in 2 weeks which turned into 6 weeks and a thousand dollars more, pass on that thank you. I started calling a few shops in the area that did rigging and talking to a couple of other boaters that had done their rigging over. Some went to using mechanical or swagless fittings. Swagless fittings are very strong and you can make them up on the boat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Swagged and wire on the left New stuff on the right, <br />
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They are very expensive, you can reuse them at the 10 year refitting again. Or we could have a shop just make swaged fittings with new wire copying the old rigging. Again I’m pretty sure the old rigging was well over 20 plus years old, notably over sized for our boat and life style, so again I’m good with that. Best deal around was to drive the old stuff to the Fort Lauderdale West Marine, were we have a discount card as a business, and do the swaged fittings. To top it all off, it was a 2 day turn around, and the shop has it’s own cell number that they actually answered and texted with commits and notes. There was a question after we left the shop and I was able to take a photo of the questioned area and text it back to him. I did have to use 2 of these swagless fittings to make up at the 2 rollers for the head and stay sail. Problem solved.<br />
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We are very very happy with West Marine work, product, expertise, and advice as there were a few changes to the rigging that I wanted to and had to make, it would be very technical and boring, trust me it would put you to sleep. The fittings are bigger, the wire is heavier and it was all perfect.<br />
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During the time we waited for the work on the mast step glass work to cure and other things to come in Arline wanted some of the nice new peel and stick tile in the head and Galley to brighten things up. The bathroom was easy so we continued to the area around the sink in the galley. The only little thing was that the faucet is very close to the wall and we really couldn’t just slide the sticky tile behind it,…so the faucet needed to come out. I always wanted a newer faucet that had a little height to it so that’s fine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the crap that had to come out </td></tr>
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The faucet was not coming out because the sink is very deep and the old faucet fittings behind were 40 years old galvanized to copper…so the sink needed to come out. Of course new fittings for the drain would dress it up too as long as the sink is coming out that’s going to be easy. Have you ever done a sink and know about the bolts underneath that hold it down to the counter, well there are two that were buried in insulation around the refrigerator area, so that needed to be peeled away, Oh I’m doing this now. To get at all these screws I had to also take off and out the Alternator of the engine, the engine raw water strainer, the fresh water foot pump, the fresh water pressure pump, the regulator for the alternator, I also had an oil change pump under that needed to come out. While I was under there the platform that the pumps are on was rotted so I cut that out and put a new one in place and then just put the simple tile up and put everything back together. We started right after breakfast on one day and finished around noon the next day,….But it looks frigging GREAT!!<br />
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We changed several other things in the cabin, a picture here and there, the mast is now not Brilliant White in the cabin, we went with a soft brown to blend in with the colors below, and some flowery stencils with birds on it. We got rid of the furnace or heater that was hanging on the mast, not having it there really opened the area, we replaced it with a small catch all basket. I re-worked a brass ships bell which I loved but lost 4 minutes an hour and nobody could sleep with it running so I removed the German movement behind the face plate and installed a battery operated made in China movement behind it for 9 dollars .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Simple stickers on the mast add a warm touch </td></tr>
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There was some rebuilding and painting of lockers, Arline had to spend about a week on the wood on the outside of the boat, oh and our new cockpit table. During the month in the work yard you settle into a pattern with other boaters working on projects sharing meals, cocktails, and there was even this tree of knowage where you gather in the heat of the afternoon, beer and rum brought out the best of answers. We felt we did a lot of projects on the boat in the amount of time we were there. Some boats have a huge full refit and have been working hard for a year. One project turns into another and it goes on and on. Others been there for years and years, the maximum time we know of is SIX years in the work yard on the same boat, they’ll never go sailing I’m sorry to say. Several, no many boats in the work yard just live there on their boat pretending to work on the boat as it’s still cheaper than rent anywhere with free electricity and WiFi. Unfortunately that makes for a backup trying to get into the work yard.<br />
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Indiantown Marina puts on a hell of a party week leading up to Thanksgiving with food, band, and beer on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday nights plus a big Thanksgiving Day Meal of course with wine and Beer and a small dinner music duet. It’s been a few years since we stayed for one o these weeks but with all the extra work on Kasidah we were there. Plus Amy and Jeremy with their new lifestyle of living in an RV came and stayed at the marina in and RV site for a week of parties. Cal and Gwen had a great time and it really was great for them to see the marina and all the people we talk about and make Kasidah float.<br />
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We have, as of this writing, moved away from the marina and started our trip to the Bahamas,..We're in the Bahamas and had an adventitious crossing,....If you call the motor quitting in the Gulf Stream an Adventure then hang on for the next post.<br />
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-85670649116033404422016-11-29T10:52:00.001-05:002016-11-29T10:52:22.211-05:00Two weeks here and Lovin it!I thought I would put some more photos on of our first two weeks here.<br />
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We have decided to stay here for most of the season then head down to the Berry's to visit some friends and Sara then maybe on our way back to the States this spring head to the Keys since a lot of our good friends are in Key West and Marathon for the season. Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-23726461397402972592016-11-20T16:18:00.002-05:002016-11-21T10:52:40.555-05:00Sitting in ORYC all alone.<br />
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We had a weather window come up so we decided to take it and head to ORYC. It looked like a motoring window but that's fine with me just to get across the gulf stream. The forecast was for 3 to 5 ft waves and Southeast winds becoming South in the afternoon only around 10 knots, it never seems to be the same as they predict!<br />
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We had a great crossing with west winds in the morning and south winds in the afternoon, waves under a foot and a swell which was very far apart. This was one of our best time crossing to date.<br />
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We stopped in at West End for customs, the place really got hit hard by the hurricane and they have no radio, no electric and no water but customs was there to take our three hundred dollar. They are not open yet so dockage was free and since we were only going to be there for about 8 hours so that was a good thing.<br />
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We woke up around 1:30 am and untied the lines at 2:00 heading around the island to make Silver Cove Inlet at high tide which was about 7:30 in the morning.We had the super moon to help us out the channel at West End since the storm took out the channel markers. It really was a night night to be out as we followed the coast on a close reach the wind came around too and we had wind the whole time.<br />
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As we made our way across Freeport entrance we had to go around the cargo ships that are there unloading oil which was no problem; then we came up to a large tug towing a barge on a long cable. We could see his red port light on the front, the 3 lights indicating a tow behind him and the red green on the barge, but could not see his green knowing that we had passed his bow. AIS was not picking him up and he did not answer our call. Jon felt very confident in his course and felt we were close enough to shore where the tug wouldn't go, but when they shined one big ass light on us I panicked, because the only other time I saw this was with a sailboat that was not giving way to a tug with tow. Everything was fine and passe the tug just like Jon thought. The reason we couldn't make his green light was because he didn't have one! "Welcome to the Bahamas mon".<br />
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We made the channel at 7am and called Rick and Liz on the Radio, Rick and Liz have a home inside the channel and had brought their 52 foot sailboat in the week before, he offered to come out and guide us in.<br />
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The channel had changed so much and part of the channel rocks jetty had been breached near the tree line which changed the whole flow of the water. Sand and rocks were in the channel with lots of debris on both sides. Because of the super moon we had no problem getting in and making our way to the dock.<br />
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Only a few boats are here and four Timeshare units are occupied. ORYC took a pretty good hit and lost some roofs, all their telephone poles, trees are gone, and Esters little bar at the pool has vanished. The fencing around the tennis court has been severely damaged too. There are many projects and lots of people working here, things get better every day.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been out on dinghy and by bike to see some of the damage the Hurricane did and all we can say is, WOW.! </span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Channel rocks just inside Running Mon with-in the markers,...</td></tr>
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-55602142970374753562016-11-02T19:32:00.003-04:002016-11-03T08:47:23.832-04:00Finally on the boat for another season....... Just realized that we haven't updated the blog since we left New York. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cave exploring</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cal loves his chicks</td></tr>
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Our trip down the coast to Florida started with a stop in Pennsylvania to see Amy, Jeremy and of course the most important ones; Cal and Gwen. We stayed there a week and I really hated to leave them because I<br />
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We had a blast with them and even managed to play tennis and go explore a cave one day. We helped paint their dining room and put in a garbage disposal, which is not the first of installing one of these.<br />
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Next we traveled to Connecticut to spend some time with Jon's mother also visiting his sister and brother.<br />
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We had a blast playing "Cards Against Humanity" with his sister Kathy and husband Bob. Jon even had time to wire their new hot tub for them and take a soak one night.<br />
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Then off to Boston to visit Jill and Ari for a week. We planned on helping install a new floor in the basement and some painting. I must say that it came out really great. We also took the subway into Boston with them and did some site seeing and had dinner "Thanks Jill and Ari". Ari put together a personal network for us so we can store all our stuff on our own cloud, accessible from our computers, which is working out great.<br />
At this point we started back tracking, first back to Connecticut where we realized Hurricane Matthew was heading right for the Bahamas and then for Kasidah. So our over night stop at Amy and Jeremy's turned into almost a week's wait. Amy and family were at the outer banks vacationing and so we were there till we knew what this puppy was going to do.<br />
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We watched the weather and saw our fears were coming true, it was not only heading for our to favorite island in the Bahamas, but also looked as it was going to be dead on to hit Kasidah on Friday, the same day we were scheduled to be moved to the work yard. We called the marina and found they were all getting ready for the worst. We would have to wait it out to see when to head down not even sure we would have anything to head down to.<br />
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By Thursday morning Mathew had shifted just a little which spared the Berry's from a direct hit but was looking more like Grand Bahamas would get hit bad. We've seen photos since then and this place really got hit hard.<br />
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When it hit Florida it stayed right on the coast which saved any real bad winds from hitting Kasidah but really made a mess up the entire coast into North Carolina.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Garrett and James</td></tr>
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As the storm got closer to Florida emergency evacuations went out Amy and Jeremy decided it was time to end their vacation and head home. So we stayed till Monday and got to spend a few more days with the grand kids.<br />
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Our trip down was a little off track, all the flooding and many hotels were booked, but it was not a bad trip at all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moose during a cookout.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gaters.....</td></tr>
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We arrived at the boat and as always we're nervous when boarding Kasidah the first time. We never know from one year to the next what we will fine.<br />
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To our surprise she looked fantastic; with only a little green on the decks, no mold or mildew down below and besides a few tree frogs no bugs. We had a great visit from Jon's nephew, who is a chief on a 170 ft private yacht. He came up to stay a night with a co-worker from Scotland.<br />
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We've done all our cleaning, most repairs needed, and are just waiting to be splashed.<br />
We are still not sure of our plans, we will finish shopping and head to Stuart and try to decide there. Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-1588258269255418512016-08-04T15:42:00.002-04:002016-08-11T16:56:18.417-04:00My how the summer has gone by.We only have five more weeks before traveling begins.<br />
Our plan is to head to Pennsylvania to visit Jeremy and Amy,then Connecticut to see the Libby's and help with Mom and last Boston to visit Ari and Jill. this will be a time frame of about three weeks, then off to Kasidah.<br />
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Our summer was very busy with lots of work lined up before we even arrived in New York. We are<br />
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We managed to do some traveling and spent time with the grandkids. Our newest addition is Gwen. She was born in early May which I was able to stayed and help with Cal, it was a blast. The sad news was that Jon's Dad passed away two days before Gwen was born so it was a sad and happy emotional time for the whole family.<br />
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Some highlights of the summer were Gwen's Birth, Cal visiting us for the weekend without his parents.<br />
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Just the other night we had a great time visiting The Hill Family, some friends we've known for awhile now,<br />
they are heading down the Erie canal on their 52-foot sailboat with their three kids.<br />
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We went so Jon could help with an issue he had on the boat.<br />
They are heading to the Bahamas and maybe farther this winter for new adventures.<br />
They are great people and hope to see all of them during our travels this season.<br />
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We have had another great season in the Bahamas even though the weather was very strange this<br />
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We spent as much time as we could on our Dinghy and walking the beaches to explore new areas and to sit watching the sun set and pinching ourselves to say how lucking we are.<br />
Now its time to head back to New York for work we have already lined up for the entire summer.<br />
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<br />Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-16584084061650860982016-01-30T15:05:00.000-05:002016-02-25T15:12:58.214-05:00Visiting with the Kids<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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What a great time having the kids come to Grand Bahamas to<br />
visit with us. Jon and I couldn't wait to see all of them especially our grandson Cal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of us in front of Kasidah</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jill and Ari at Rum Runners</td></tr>
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The weather was not looking very good for the week with a high chance of rain everyday and temps in the low 70s.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing in the sand</td></tr>
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As it turned out we had a few days of really nice weather and only two that were cold and rainy,which we still had a great time.<br />
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Cal got to go to the beach several times and really loved playing in the sand then walking out in the clear water and sitting down to watch little pieces of sea grass float by.<br />
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We brought him to a beach right around the corner that is very shallow and fabulous for small kids to play on and wade in the water without worrying about big waves.<br />
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He also came on Kasidah every morning to wake grandpa and me up and have a cup full of Cheerios.<br />
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The last day He went for a dinghy ride with his mom and Grandpa, I do believe he really enjoyed that.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Dinghy ride</td></tr>
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There was a really nice day right in the middle of the week that the kids took the opportunity to go snorkeling,we borrowed Dunkin's dinghy so we could all go out at one time making it easier getting in and out of the water.<br />
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Jeremy took one of the Hawaiian slings and Jon had his Go Pro. When Jeremy came back he had a nice size Lobster and when Jon came back he had a nice Go Pro, someone must had dropped it off their head when they were there earlier in the week.<br />
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Amy's birthday was the last night here so Jeremy brought her to Lucaya for dinner at Le Med,Ari and Jill went to the restaurant here on the resort called Ocean Blue and Jon and I got to play with Cal.<br />
I believe we had the best time........ Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-55361806306723216052016-01-01T16:08:00.000-05:002016-02-25T15:13:25.350-05:00Great Harbour Cay then off to ORYCOh how time fly's by as we get older, it seems like we just got here and now our season is half way over.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Faith</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Girls at Thanksgiving Dinner</td></tr>
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We had a wonderful time in the Berry Islands with old friends and new ones too. We had many storms and fronts come in this year so not as much fishing as we would have liked.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Hole</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lauren and Cassidy</td></tr>
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While in the Berry's we had lots of fun with new friends on a boat called Ditchd (Clark,Lana and Faith). They were nice enough to host our Thanksgiving dinner and invite us to head off to the Blue Hole for a fun day of exploring. The whole group had a blast.<br />
We played tennis on a clay court and had the opportunity to play with two brothers(Lauren and Cassidy) who were stuck there because of all the storms, on their lobster boat.They were a lot of fun to play with and we got to here some great story's of hunting for lobsters and about their home in Spanish Wells which is east of the Berry Islands.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crab we released after photo</td></tr>
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The marina is looking better and better every year we go back thanks to Hans the marina manager and all his staff.Sam,Kim,Meco and Meco work at the marina so that was really cool to talk and hang with them all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Gazebo at GHC</td></tr>
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We were able to visit Sara's grave a few times and touch up her stone with some new paint and add a few more conch shells.<br />
One day we went through the mangroves on the west side of the island and came out on the east side called Sharks creek, this was very cool because we have always tried to find the cut but always ended up down the wrong one which you need a high tide to make it all the way.<br />
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We lost our dinghy anchor while out fishing in about 25 feet of water and Jon dove trying to find it with no luck then as luck would have it a few days later we were going past the area to get to a beach and there the bobber was floating as to say come and get me. the next day we stopped at a beach to clean some fish and a 4ft black tip shark was close to shore looking for food so when Jon started cleaning the fish the shark was right there to help himself( watch the video). <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XICDMjsKYgw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XICDMjsKYgw</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noah and Barry</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liberty</td></tr>
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Jon helped our friend Barry one day with an issue he was having on his boat so it gave Jon and him a chance to catch up.Barry brought his daughter Liberty and son Noah over to visit with me. They are getting sooo big and they are both beautiful just like their parents inside and out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow Runner</td></tr>
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It was a lot of fun and maybe we will stay longer next time but this year we wanted to go see some other cruising family so off to ORYC. Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-46702821493004171832015-11-17T12:27:00.003-05:002015-11-17T12:28:52.437-05:00November 2015 Crossing to GHC<div class="MsoNormal">
Click here to watch our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jon.libby.758/videos/1040714782627278/">Go Pro Video </a></div>
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We left the work yard and marina at Indiantown a week
earlier than we had planned back in the summer as we set our time schedule. All
the boat work went well, some of the big things we thought we would need to
do,…didn’t need it, and the small new things, like a new Cutlass Bearing went
very well. The other thing that made us leave early was a good High Tide which
we needed to cross from the St Lucie River into the ICW. The famous “Bump” is 5 ft at low tide, we
draw 6ft and there was a 60ft sunken boat right at the crossroads and hump. We
were pulled off from this at the end of last season, why would things change.
Motoring down the St Lucie river we passed a marina where they build megabuck
large sport fishing boats and saw an old beat to shit boat being hauled out of
the water with lots of formal looking dudes standing around; You know, matching
dark colored pants, shirts and hats. Some sort of large letters on the back of
the shirts, and caps, Military looking boots and hiked up pant cuffs, and I
swear it looked like they were all watching paint dry. Come to find out that
was the sunken boat in the crossroads and they were watching for oil leaks as
they lifted it,…… hmmm. Thank God another issue was out of our way.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutlass Bearing being replaced</td></tr>
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Our one overnight stay at Sunset Bay Marina was our first
night that we didn’t have the bug screens on the boat and a nice breeze was coming
into Kasidah. What a nice feeling to be not tied to a dock. </div>
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Wednesday morning we crossed over the “Bump” at about 9:30 and had
only 1 ½ ft under us, we really didn’t worry too much about grounding, there as
the Boat US Tow Boat standing by and was within 100 yards of the spot, he’s
the one that pulled us off last spring. We decided to travel down the ICW and do
the Bridges instead of going outside. This was the 1<sup>st</sup> time that there was no other traffic
at most of the bridges or along the whole ICW. </div>
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Settling onto the hook at <st1:city w:st="on">Lake Worth</st1:city> waiting for Thursday and the
crossing was another good restful night after walking Blue and one last stop at
a Publix’s. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing a ship as we exit the inlet at West Palm</td></tr>
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We were up before the sun Thursday walking Blue then putting
the dinghy hard away. The motor was taken off and extra straps on the dinghy
just in case of big seas. The Anchor was hauled up just as there was enough
light to motor the one hour to the inlet, making the inlet right at 7:30 as
planned, and with 140 mile trip in front of us. At 5 kts it would take almost
30 hours. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So stinking hot at Indiantown we had to do this to Blue every other hour</td></tr>
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Once the sails were up we pointed Kasidah south 15 degrees
more than we needed, to take advantage of the wind angle, and to get south
before the Gulfstream kicked us north. We were doing well at a little over 6
kts for about 2 hours then we hit the Gulf Stream which indeed started to kick
us north. Our boat heading (where the boat was pointed) was about 140 degrees
and our course over ground (where the boat was traveling) was about 125 degrees
and the Bearing to our Waypoint (Where we needed to sail to) was about 110
Degrees. Our speed through the water was 6.5 knots, our speed over ground was 4
knots.</div>
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Yeah we were fine with that, A better sailor might have
started more south, but that would have meant 2 more days in the ICW and since
there are not good free/un-harassed anchorages where we could get Blue ashore
it also meant 2 or more nights at a marina at about $100/night. Yeah a better
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We never saw any big ships in the Gulfstream and it did have
quite a roll out there, but we were doing well. Entering the NW Passage we
finally left the Gulf steam behind and started our night run, my heading
matched my course for the most part now. I like to stay close to Great Isaac’s
Shoal on the south side of the NW Passage so large ships at night would all
pass us to the north,…It didn’t work this time, maybe I was too far north
because from about 10PM till 4 AM we had 8 or 10 BIG ships that I needed to
watch off and on. Talk about a rush,….or was it the Mountain Dew and 5 hour
Energy Drink at 10 PM, then another Mountain Dew at 2 PM HA HA. I had three ships that bothered me, to the
point that I thought I needed to do something. It was a new moon so no light at
all out there. Night vision only works if there is some light out there. It was
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#1 - I saw lights on another ship telling me he crossing in
front of me so I’m looking at his Port side (Left side for all you non-boaters
including my cellar dweller customer with the hot tub) which is a red and
white,…but there were two sets of these. Then after about 5 minutes I saw two
white lights on the front set of lights indication a tow under 200 meters. The
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#2 – Red and Green lights were coming up behind me just off
my stern to the starboard, AIS (Automatic Identification system) said .32 mn in
5 minutes. That’s too close for me. As he got closer I could still see the red
and green meaning he’s coming right at me and I know he was a big Cruise ship.
I had his name and hailed him on the VHF and yes he said “Yes I have you right
in front of me,…I’m turning now to course 109,..” Yeah “ I’m turning to starboard I hope your turn to
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Some where around 12AM I tried to tack to the north as the
light wind was right on my nose. There was enough wind to fill the 2 sails I
had up which gave me a little boost but my present tack was now taking me too
close to the shoal area. I gained 2 miles of north on the tack and then after
another hour I tacked north again for another 2 miles. At this time Arline and
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#3 – I saw another tow in front of me, this time with 3
white lights up in front meaning over 200 meters. All the other encounters the
radar and AIS confirmed everything. This time the AIS wasn’t there as he was
too far away but what I did see on the radar was the lead ship, small image and
small tow, small image, not a worry of collision from this tug and tow. But
then My Radar warning went off saying “emanate collision” and Radar shows its
right in front of me, ¼ mile. I jump up and look,…no lights, Nice! It’s got to
be a floating container that Arline is always worried about. She’s going to
kill me and freak out if we hit it. Check Radar, Still there, AIS nothing. The
darkness prevented me from seeing anything, I couldn’t see the horizon to see a
contrast of blacked out ship or floating container. No sounds,…radar warning
again, No AIS, the other 200+ tow is well off the port and on the opposite
heading as me so no issue there. Again no lights, but radar, I pull out the 2
million spot, nothing. I never do this at nigh because it kills your night
vision. (Kate,…Chris any guesses yet) Finally the AIS comes in for the 200+ Tow
and he’s big. He’s closer now to off my beam than off my nose,…still no issue
but now the radar has a much much larger image of his tow. Now the Radar hit in
front of me disappears. Watching nothing there, radar clear. I’m safe or just
passed a container. I believe the radar was doing some bouncing between the tow
and the tug sending something back to me. If the radar hadn’t been so dead on
all night long and year after year the same I might have questioned the
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I think somewhere between #2 and #3 close call Arline and
Blue wake up. Blue is having a nervous fit; she’s got to go do something. She’s
walking all around. Being tethered in she can’t go far. Arline puts down a
piece of grass we’ve been trying to get her to go on, nope. I even pulled the
engine back to idle and they try downstairs. Now in the past she has gone up on
the deck to do her stuff. Now that the boats at idle I see how dead calm it is.
We take Blue up to the bow, nothing, nothing but stars, holy cow what a site.
We go back to the cockpit and 2 minutes later blue goes pee on the grass piece.
Her and Arline went back to sleep for another couple hours and I have another
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I lasted till a little after 4 and felt my head starting to
bob, so with no ships and everything else fine Arline took over. No wind as evident from our Blue idle moment,
there was no need to tack, Oh a better sailor might have put up a screeched and
tacked back and forth proving what a sailor they are. But I left mine in the
Jeep and brought beer in its place. I’m using ¾ per gallon an hour running my
engine, I’m point right at my waypoint with an arrival time of 9AM. Since
diesel cost $4.?? In the <st1:place w:st="on">Bahamas</st1:place>
and beer cost $50 a case (Is there even a gallon in a case),…I’m fine with
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I woke up as the sun was coming up and the first site of the
<st1:state w:st="on">Berry</st1:state>’s was
there, the large cruise ship sitting at Coco Cay. We tried fishing for a bit and
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were an hour and a half from the dock.
As you might have seen we made a video with the Go Pro of our trip. The
docking was fine and it was great to see all of our friend here at the marina.
Check-in went fine except I wrote on one of the form that I had spare parts on
board. Well I was told to make a list of spare parts, so I did: Belts, hoses,
spark plugs, carburetor, and alternator. “ You’ll need to pay duty on those if
you take them off your ship and I’m going to need to see them.” Opps.
He comes aboard and asks me to bring them up but I suggest it better if
he looks in my locker. He peeks his head at an area under one of our seats and
sees, Belts, hoses, spark plugs, and a carburetor,…”Oh I see what you mean
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Summer has come and summer has gone. By the time I get this
posted on the Blog we’ll be within a day or two of arriving at Kasidah. Summer
of 2015 for Jae Bee Electric was very good. Better that last year, because last
year there was that 6 weeks of Grand Jury Duty that sucked 1/6 of our yearly
income. If you want to know about any of the case,…wait, I might be writing a
book. Ha Ha. There were some very high profile cases that anybody in the area
would remember, and it would bother you because of what they don’t tell you. My
quick comparison would be this; All the people died on the Titanic from
drowsing in cold water. But so many things could have been done, just one
little thing could have saved so many lives on that boat. Same thing in one
case that we indicted a man, so many people had a chance to do something, and
nobody did, and a little girl died.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arline roughing-in a Bunk house for 40 migrant workers</td></tr>
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Anyway, Arline and I worked nearly every day through the
summer, we had 3 nice sized jobs that did us well. Arline learned how to
rough-in Metal clad wiring in a place of public assembly. She’s got her own
tool belt outfitted with some nice tools. It was fun, when I saw that she
needed a tool or was having a hard time with something I got her the right tool
and she really improved with the new tools. Arline and I together could do more
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We’ve travel through the summer to friends in Clayton on the
river, to CT to visit mom and Dad and our Jill. We even got to visit Cal, Amy
and Jeremy a couple of times, We even got to babysit for Cal for two weeks when they went on vacation to Italy. We really didn’t spend much time at the summer
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We had kind of a family reunion with our dear friends (not
family) from Tully. Through the years, the Mawbey’s have 2 girls also and we
spent nearly every weekend with them as the girls grew up. We all got together for a weekend party and
with most of the men in the girls’ lives now. It was the first time in about 8
years that we all at once got together.<br />
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Seeing our 4 girls sitting together, now all adults it was
quite a thrill for Vic and I to see the success of our hard work; An administer
for a large medical team in Denver, a retired Capt and Pilot from the Air Force
and mother of one with another on the way, a successful self employed 4<sup>th</sup>
degree Black Belt instructor with 2 studios that travels all over the world to
train and soon to be x-ray and sonogram technician, an environmental scientist
with her master from U-Conn as a hydro-geologist working for an multi-state
engineering firm. All of them went to College and worked their ass off for it.
None of them are worried about paying off that college loan, Hmmm. (Stop Jon) Where
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Arline and I bought ourselves a few things for the winter;
if you’re a friend on Facebook you know all of this already. We have a Go Pro
camera with an underwater housing and a couple of drones to lift different
cameras into the sky. Not sure if I’m more exited about going underwater or in
the sky with it. The video editing
studio will keep me out of trouble this winter as it can do so much but my
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Our to do list on Kasidah is long; Bottom paint, a real
serious look at the rigging with a possible mast un-stepping and rebuild of the
mast step, some thru-hull fittings, new dinghy chaps, and then of course
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We are spending time this week with Amy, Jeremy and Cal,
helping them with a few small projects around the house, a “Mommy/Daddy do list”
if you will. Also my mom and dad, High School Lovers since the age of 16 or
earlier, are going through some hard times. Dad just had some serious back
surgery and is in a rehab house leaving mom home alone. She’s not taking her
meds, doesn’t know what day it is and can’t do a lot on her own. This is very
painful for me my brother and sister, as we try and help her. But she’s so
stubborn and so good at fibbing. “Do you know what today is mom?” “Of course I do Jon,…it’s the day after
yesterday,..”. I stayed with her a week and tried to help at what I could but I
can only do so much for her with out her wanting it. I guess we all will get
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-76972058308143031402015-05-23T16:02:00.001-04:002015-05-24T14:03:37.360-04:00What a great season we had!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visiting with Cal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">new deck and bench we built for our friend </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hooking up GPS and Radar for Roger</td></tr>
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We are back in New York trying to figure out how the season managed to slip away so quickly and <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fixing electrical problems and a fish finder for Dave</td></tr>
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now getting things ready for next season.<br />
We have been working for a few weeks and are very busy with residential jobs and service work on several boats, which is great to be on the water while working this summer.<br />
Since its been awhile I figured I would try to recap a few things since the last post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of Blue's favorite beaches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catch of the day</td></tr>
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We had so much fun this season Fishing almost everyday either from our faithful dinghy or on Raymond's Power-cat. We managed to catch fish almost every time we went out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better luck next time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raymond's new enclosure</td></tr>
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We had a great time with Raymond fishing the whole south coast of Grand Bahamas and enjoyed all our dinners with him.We helped him with a new sunshade enclosure for his lower deck and Jon helped with some electrical and mechanical issues.<br />
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One day we spent with Duncan and Cathy on their Trawler "Two Scots" and traveled to Peterson Cay which is a Nation Park of the Bahamas. We jumped in the dink and went to shore for lunch, as soon as we opened the coolers and pulled out the sandwiches the hermit crabs started marching in from all direction for lunch.It was unbelievable how many there were. One managed to attach to my ear(don't ask) and man I will never try that again. It was a great day as always with out Scottish friends.<br />
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Another day we went with our friend Tom on his cruiser to fuel up in Lucaya and explore the canal systems. As we cruised throw them we got some history of the houses and people there.<br />
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We saw eels,turtles,flounder,sharks and thousands of different fish in all sizes,shapes and colors. Once we ended up seeing two very large turtles mating and as they were preoccupied they ended up right under us.<br />
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Some of our cruising friend (Hank and Diane) arranged a tour of the Sands Brewery so we went along on that. It was very interesting to see the plant and how all the bottles get ready for distribution. <br />
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When we got to the Tap Room the tour guide had us try all the different beers and told us what they did to make each different. I don't drink beer but I did end up liking Sands Light. After she was finished she told us she would have to leave us there and do another tour. What was she thinking!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNWqqxR-5yrFd5pSEGKd_I1mGqi0HMh1Dst-xB9YIlEbPZYhyNePGHHBUPVFZ68m6EkAqhqREQv27lw9YDozqij7SQlQZZKv_Mfy5hi-UbtrnNfYEugTQ1xOUdVDTDmMchpSnw_Pxf4xN/s1600/IMG_2165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Leaving around 30 cruisers in the tap room to fend for ourselves. Forty five minutes later she arrived back to escort us to our taxis. This was one time I'm really glad no one was driving.<br />
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Now it was time to head back to the States, we ended up with a three or four day window so we departed at the crack of dawn on a high tide and managed to drop anchor just inside West Palm at sunset, the trip was smooth sailing all the way. The next morning we pulled anchor and traveled on the outside with another cruising couple "Jamie and Janice" to the St Lucie inlet which we have never done because they say you should have local knowledge to travel it.It was very easy and well marked. The only issue was having Border Patrol come up next to us as we were entering it but after a few questions and answers passed back and forth we were allowed to proceed. After entering the inlet Janice radioed to remind us it was low tide, the problem with low tide is at the cross roads which is where the ICW and the St Lucie river meet tends to shoal in and at six feet we bump whether its low or high and always depends when they dredged last. Well we bumped once backed off tried the other side bumped again backed off and the the center really did it, we were aground right in the miidle with many boats just flying by as if we were a marker instead of a boat stuck in the sand. we called Boat US and he said he could see us and would be there a two minutes. They sit right there because so many baots get stuck every day. Now thats a business that won't slow down anytime soon.<br />
We finally got off and thanked him and of course our Boat US card. Off to Stuart to spend a week on the mooring ball before heading to Indiantown to put Kasidah away for the summer.<br />
While in Indiantown we met up with our friends Jeff and Lana, they are the people we met in The Berry's the first year there when our engine blow. Jeff and Jon hit it off right away and have been friends since. They had a house in the Berry's but just recently sold it. We will miss them in our future visits to the Berry's. <br />
Getting Kasidah ready for the summer months went well and with no rain she went away nicely.<br />
We hope the summer season goes by just as fast so we can return to Kasidah. Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-48479698054604646622015-03-03T09:26:00.004-05:002015-03-07T11:48:57.453-05:00Friends near and far........<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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the north so fishing, diving and snorkeling have been spars this month. We’ve had two visitors from the cold this
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Jon and Marguerite came at the beginning of the month and
stayed on the boat. They used the aft cabin and claimed it to be great
sleeping. We moved all our stuff from the garage as we call it and turned it
into a bedroom. Hell even I was impressed at how it cleaned up and once the
freezer was out it was even roomy. We
rented a car for the week picking them up at the Airport and had a cold rum
drink waiting for them. We made a trip to <st1:place w:st="on">West End</st1:place>
where boaters usually check in from the states, we hit several beaches and of
course Port Lucaya where all the little markets are. We took them out
snorkeling in our dinghy only once because the weather just wouldn’t allow
it. But we did a little cruising in the
canal system here looking for fish and Lobster from a local that goes out as
often as he can in his paddle Kayak (Not Allen, another fellow Perry). We scored some
very good sized lobster, enough for two meals for the four of us and a good
sized Hog fish which was a full meal for the 4 of us again. One of the better
nights out was at the Sand Beach Bar meeting Alex and Mary there for drinks and
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right, Thank You! It’s called the Sand Bar because there is only Sand for flooring
in the building; I guess you could call it a building. A visit to Flamingo
Marina and Taino Beach Resort in the middle of the week had a double purpose,
we had a slip booked for a week in the middle of February when our 2<sup>nd</sup>
guest where coming so we wanted a look and other boaters we knew from ORYC where
there with grand children, so we could use the largest pool in the Bahamas and
a it has a great beach. For most of the meals we ate on the boat saving a ton
of money for all of us. It seems we all like eating out less and less everywhere
we are. Food and drinks are usually overpriced, and the food is just so so
compared to how we eook on the boat. They felt the visit would indeed keep them
going through the rest of the winter and maybe even till their boat gets back
in the water. They made it home to some
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We had a week to ourselves and then our other guest from the
cold came for a visit. Kevin and Tamera came from Tully our old home town where
we raised our kids and had our business. We’ve known them for a long time but
only see them a few times a year if that. She was the kids dance teacher when
Amy and Jill where very young. They stayed at the Flamingo marina and Motel, we took a
trip with Kasidah and had a slip in front of their room. Again we rented a car
picking them up from the airport with a cold rum drink. The first few days there
was nice weather and they spent some good time at the big pool. It took them 3
days to get towels from the resort for the pool; I guess Kevin walked about 2
miles one day getting the run around from the front desk at the Motel to the
front desk at the Resort across the street to the laundry room then to some
other place without a towel to be found. Finally we found him at the pool with
a drink and no towel. Arline had towels on the boat for them. About Wednesday
they found a mother load of towels in their room, enough for the week I guess. We
took the water taxi from the Motel to town one night for a really nice meal at
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On Friday we brought Kasidah back to our slip at
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Kevin and
Tamara, like us, enjoy hanging out where the locals hang out. So the highlight
was the $2 bar, which we love and go to a few times. Beers are cheap, and
Burgers are like $8, right across the street for the ocean, just a shack but
they do a nice job. We were sitting at lunch with our Sands beers and burgers when
a young well dressed young man walked in pointing at our beers telling us
that’s a great beer. He is a sales rep for Sands made here on the island; he
had a nice Sands shirt on too. Steven asked if we had done the brewery tour
yet, and we really had meant to do it but Kevin had an ear infection after
snorkeling with me 2 day before so a quick Dr’s visit and drug store stop left
us a little short on time that day. Normally there is an $8 charge at the door of
the tour to cover all the beer you can drink policy, but we muscles a photo of
Steven with Kevin and Tamera while he gave us the name of the lady at the door
and promised we could get in for free or was it a golf-shirt would be there for
us. Finishing our meal and several beers we noticed Steven putting up a poster
for a Sands Sponsored Party at the $2 Bar on Friday night 4-8 pm. 2 Sands beers
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get us all there. They had tents out where you get your free Sands light and we
find Steven manning the booth. He was very happy to see Kevin and Tam spending
a good length of time talking over the VERY LOUD MUSIC, I don’t think <st1:city w:st="on">Woodstock</st1:city> had as many
speakers as there were at this party. As Steven gave you the free Sands Light
he also had Shots of something for you and he did them with you, Arline even
was talked into 2 shots of some spiced whiskey, oh yeah. We danced in the street, and did I mention
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Studio, she had choreographed a dance to every song they
played that night. Michael Jackson, Cindy Lauper, Clarence Carter and Smoken,
(You Tube it). What a blast we had, all night there was only a hand full of
other cruisers and then all locals who where dancing and laughing with us. I
must say that the people who waited on us and the owner, I assume, made it a very
nice night. They saw you walk in with your hand in the air with $5 in it and by
the time you got to the bar your beers where there. If you made a detour to the
bathroom when he saw you come out of the room he walked them over to you. They
had people picking up bottle and cans outside to keep it neat and safe. The
food was very prompt, good and prices right. We ordered Wings and fries, they
came out to take our order and again when it was time to eat finding us a table
inside, when the food showed up there had to be a gallon container of fries.
The owner saw me looking for something though the crowd, saying “Hot Sauce” to
him, no way he could have heard because of the crowd and music, but he knew what
I wanted and met me half way across the room with it. We will visit the $2 Bar
again before we leave next month. Kevin and Tam left the next day and got
snowed in at Philly over night with a canceled fight home. We hope to see them this
summer at their camp on the St Lawrence.</div>
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it shots up 20-30 feet with the
flowering top and sends its seeds out I guess and then dies. There is one near
our boat and we’ve been watching it grow with out knowing what it was till it
was pointed out to us, I will try and keep an eye out for the flowers at their
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weeks and then start looking for our window to get back to the states. Our
Grandson Cal is growing and crawling now, eating and eating and becoming so
aware, Arline can’t wait to get to see him soon. </div>
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Great Habour Cay will always hold a special place in our
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Our 1<sup>st</sup> year there was when just 5 miles out of the marina our
engine over heated severally and needed to be rebuild, and just before Christmas. So we spent a month there waiting for parts
and doing the work on the engine. While there we meet many of the American
landowners, and became friends with everybody that worked at the marina. We were
invited out to go fishing and then there was The New Year’s Party and the friendly/helpful
mechanic that helps us rebuild Kasidah’s engine.</div>
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Our 2<sup>nd</sup> year there we stayed just about the whole
winter season, with the highlight being when Amy and Jeremy come for a weeks
visit. We really got to know the island and all of its history, as we explored
every place on the island we could. All the while some of the best times were
when other boaters would come in, we’d spend time with them, explore and share
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The 3<sup>rd</sup> year we were going to stay only a while
but we ended up nursing our dog Sara for a few hard weeks until she passed away
in Arline’s lap. We buried her on one of the most beautiful isolated beaches we've ever
been to or seen. We've never seen anybody there and its a few miles from the marina by dingy. So now we
call it Sara’s Beach. We made some good
friends that year as many of us were there, but then tragedy hit the island
when the communication towers came crashing down leaving the island in a total
lock out. With family and kids in the states we like staying connected through
the internet. With out it we couldn't stay so we followed friends to <st1:place w:st="on">Grand Bahama</st1:place> and found ORYC very comfortable for the rest
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The next year we only visited for a short while from <st1:place w:st="on">Grand Bahama</st1:place>. We were blown away by the reception of
visitors from the friends on GHC. Weather windows and other factors set the
visit to only a week. We did get to fish, look for conch, and visit Sara’s
Beach. But it was nice to get back to ORYC and the pool, real food stores, and more
than two restaurants to choose from.</div>
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We left ORYC at the crack of dawn on New Years Eve Day, right behind another sail boat, Claus and Rosie. It was a
good sail, again the wind was close to on the nose and we could have sailed the
whole way,…but we had a time schedule to get in by dark, so we had our motor on
to push us and extra knot making 6.5 or better shaving 3 or more hours off the
trip. We actually passed another sailboat out this trip. Fair is fair, we both were motor sailing. </div>
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<o:p> Fished</o:p> all the way there and caught a Mahi Mahi only 3 hours out of GB. It was
really a good fight, While cleaning the fish we had some "Fresh as could be meat" in the
cockpit and then for the next few nights had it different ways.</div>
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tree we planted last year had taken to sprout and had grown an impressive
about. We wanted to transplant another one this year so we started looking but
couldn't find any coconuts that had started to sprout. We did find a good sized
palm tree that we were able to pull up and take in the dinghy. As you can see
from the photo of it in our dingy it came from a great palm tree and was one of
only a few that had taken. From strong trees grow great trees. We dug a hole to
place it in and watered it. We hope that when we are in our 80’s we can look at
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We hit our favorite snorkeling spots and got Lobster and
fish, then we went to a shallow area and got some conch. There wasn’t too much
to do this time on the island, the Beach bar had been rebuilt and looked great.
We used our bikes and went to the southern end of the island, sharks creek. One
of the most beautiful array of colors between the shallow and deep water, sand
and tress we’ve ever seen. We also speared Lion Fish. They are not native to the Bahamas and you are asked to kill them when you can. they are poisonous if you touch their barbs, and they have many. They eat large amounts of small fish, have no natural enemy in the waters, so they are not quick to move and easy to hunt. After you cut the barbs off with a pair of scissors they are just another fish, We caught several of them, cleaned and fried them up. Very good eating!! Check out the video we used oh "How to Clean"</div>
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<br />Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-7567484184917104532014-12-25T14:52:00.001-05:002014-12-25T14:52:14.125-05:00Merry Christmas to all!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Kasidah has been in the Bahamas for just over a month now.
We’ve settled into our winter and taken care of some boat chores. I have to
apologize about the last story’s editing. Some of the story got mixed up from
the copy to the posting or something and it really left some gaps while reading
it and it jumped all over the place. I’ve fix it so it makes a lot more sense
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December will go down as the month of charger problems,…not
for us but fellow boaters. We met Dan and Judy this year and he posed a
question to me about battery voltage while running his engine. He has the same
kind of Alternator and 3 stage regulator that we have so I felt confident about
listening to his questions. He had us over for Rum and wine and shows me the voltage
reading while running the engine. 16 volts to the batteries!!….WOW slow it down!
That voltage will cook the batteries and kill them in no time. A few more
readings the next day, a bit less rum and we decided the regulator has to be
bad or at least programmed wrong. I read up on the programming and tried to get
it to a different battery setting but still had the voltage too high for the
batteries. He ordered the new one from Defenders and with $100 for shipping and
customs it was here in 3 days,…Thanks FED EX. The best part of the new regulator
is that it’s a lot easier to program and yes it did fix his high voltage
problem. They left a few weeks ago and are in Georgetown in the Exumas.</div>
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Our good friends Duncan and Cathy on 2 Scotts had a bad crossing
from the states. They have a good sized twin engine trawler and somewhere in
the crossing they had to shut down one of the engines when it over heated, no
big deal when you have a spare engine right. Then the voltage on the batteries
was dropping and he lost all of his instruments and running lights. He made it
into West End under celestial navigation, his
compass and some luck. He cleared the blocked intake which lead to the over
heating and got the engine running and batteries charged and made it to ORYC.
Once here he figured the alternator on the one engine that stayed running
wasn’t charging. Duncan
is a pretty clever guy and looked at it for a few days but could not get the
regulator powered up and he asked me to look at it. We found that the regulator
did not have power to it to start the whole process. The power for it comes through
a couple of safety switches on the engine. We found a wiring diagram for the
engine and worked through it figuring that the alternator was new, it was different
than the other one, and that it could never have worked. He tried to talk
himself into the fact that he’d seen it light up before, but all I could do was
go with the obvious,…..It Never Could Have Worked, not wired like this, and he
swears he didn’t move any wires. We move the wire to a better spot on that
engine circuit and now it’s charging. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kate taking over the helm for our ride back to the marina</td></tr>
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and inverter on his boat. The generator would start but quit when you took off
power to the glow plugs. Found the wiring diagram and a bit later figured it
was the remote start-stop control that was disabling the local controls on the
generator. His inverter was shutting down with what he thought was a high
voltage alarm, but that wasn’t the case. It had to have been over heating,
because it caught fire. He ordered a new one. We’ll see who’s paying attention
or reading our stories now. So all is good in the battery department for
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in on a single engine Cessna,…his batteries aren’t charging. Trying to figure
out how to make the jump from marine to aviation,….It’s got to pay more right?</div>
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Raymond took us and Kate, of Kate and Chris, Her husband
Chris went back to Australia
to work for a bit, out fishing. We trolled all morning and Kate had a bite for
a big Mahi Mahi and got it close to the boat. This was about a 4 or 5 ft fish
and put up a good fight, he got close enough to the boat for Raymond, Arline
and Kate to see it, I missed the sighting of it. Later that day we fished on
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fishing, one of our favorite things to do here, we were trying a couple of
different spots and depths. One spot was just around 90 ft of water and our
anchor wouldn’t hold so Arline pulled the anchor in and when it got to just
below the dinghy, like 3 or 4 ft in the water, Arline screams and says “Wholy
crap look at those fish!” I only saw one but it was about a 3 ft Mahi Mahi
circling our dinghy checking out the anchor, they travel together so I’m sure
they were there. I saw him circle again it was absolutely beautiful! He was
going so slow I was able to cast out in front of him and reeled it in hoping he’d
go for it but he wasn’t interested. We trolled around the rest of the day
looking for these guys. We were in the right area and depth but,…Nothing. Not
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spear fishing lands Jon 36 bucks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This trigger fish decided to take a piece of Jon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jons new dive skin</td></tr>
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We’ve taken care of several chores on the boat; changed out
a locker hatch, rebuilt the dinghy motor mounting bracket on the back of
Kasidah, once again some of the conduit in the mast came lose during our
crossing. This requires a trip up the mast to each area that the conduit is
fastened. There are 2 small holes in the mast at each spot that you pass a wire
from one hole to the other around the conduit on the inside and install 2 pop-rivets
which you wrap this wire around to hold the conduit in place, simple right.
Nope. While sitting in the chair trying to get a solid wire around a conduit
and back out the other ¼inch hole, it’s harder than you think. But I have a
couple years of experience at fishing wire and got 6 or 7 places done in just a
½ day. We also re-bedded the deck snaps that hold the Dodger down, these had
been just screwed into the deck and a few had started to show signs of letting
water into the deck core. I drilled these out and then used my Dremel tool to
dig out any soft wood of the core. I was very happy to see that water hadn’t
traveled very far at all, also happy to find real plywood not Balsa wood near
the mast and the rail for the head sail cars. Filled these holes with G-Flex
epoxy and just as it was setting up pushed the snap screws into the epoxy for a
great looking finish, strong as could be and no leaks anymore, and the fittings
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan.Judy,Raymond, Jon and I at the two dollar bar. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raymond and I heading out to fish near West End</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wonderful fishing trip</td></tr>
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The routine here is pretty boring, Coffee and a dog walk
followed by tennis at 8 am with a group of people for close to 2 hours a couple
of times a week, then breakfast and internet checking of news, family and
friends and a stop at the free ice machine to fill the cooler for the day’s
needs. No need to check the weather here, upper 70’s in the day and 60’s at
night. If it’s blowing from the north we go fishing or snorkeling, exploring
with the dingy or head to a beach. Blue usually goes with us so we’ll always
stop at a beach for her to run and play. We sometimes bring a light lunch in
the cooler with enough ice for the fish bucket if we’re lucky. Once back at the
boat we wash off stuff and head to the pool and or hot tub, there’s never an
issue finding a chair by one of the pools or people in the tub, and good
conversation is always the rule. A small lunch means a good dinner and depending
what night it is there might be something happening on the resort side how ever
we find ourselves there less and less. Karaoke night is sometimes a fun night
to watch people sing, NO WE DON’T. The boaters here have their favorite songs
and are proud to sing them week after week after week,….Every once in a while a
resort person will come in and really nail something and surprise all. We might
also get together with another boaters for dinner or drinks and stories. If it
Blowing out of the south it’s too rough out there to get into the dingy so
we’ll get on the bikes and get groceries if we need them, or ride into either
Port Luyca or Freeport or if it’s really hot we’ll go to a beach with the
cooler and Blue. Once a week we’ll try and eat a late lunch out, we have a
couple of favorite places where the locals eat so they are priced right,
usually we get away with $20 or so. If we eat out or hit a beach we’ll again
still head back to the pool, but dinner is usually very light or some snacks
like cheese, popcorn and a movie on the boat. Sometimes we don’t go anywhere
but to the pool, we’ve got a couple of games we like, Backgammon, cribbage, for
get it, or some other card games, and we’ll take our music and drinks. If it’s
cooler and we haven’t played tennis in the morning we might play in the
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The weather window for the crossing was 2 days, but the next
one was at least 2 weeks away. So you assess yourself, your boat, listen one
more time to the newest predictions and forecast, and make your decision. We
decided to go. We left Stuart for the days travel to Riviera Marina. Staying at
the marina would allow us to nest closer to the West Palm inlet, saving an hour
from our previous anchorage that we stay. It wound up costing only $1.75/ft
Cheap when you consider the other benefit of not having to lower the dinghy in
the dark, walk Blue and retie the whole dinghy thing again for a crossing,
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The trip down the ICW had winds on the nose at 20 knts and a
fare amount of boaters with the same idea and plan. There is current according
to the tides in the ICW so we had slow boat speed fighting it from time to time
and other times it really carries you a lot faster. Added boat speed is always good, moving you to the next bridge opening quicker. The last 5 bridges open
on the hour, and half hour. One bridge is quite far for us to motor the
distance from the previous one and we usually get there too late, the bridge
tenders are pretty stern about this. This year we where running with several
boats, all the fast ones pulled away from us headed for this bridge, we were
running our engine a little faster than I normally do, trying to stay close to the
other boats. Then the gap between us and the pack started to open up and again
we were sure we’d miss it. We had to be at the marina by 5pm to check in and it
was going to be close. Then we’re not to surprised that another boat passes us,
but by doing so he filled in the gap between us and the other boats. By the
time the 1<sup>st</sup> boats got to the bridge there was a steady line of 10
boats, all within a few boat lengths. The bridge tender had no chose but to
leave it open for all of us. That was a ten minute opening,..if you where a car
that day, Sunday, at the 2:30 opening on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Donald</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Ross</st1:placename>
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long wait. We get through the bridge and now realize that we only have 20
minutes to make the next bridge which is going to be way too close again. But
the long line of boats and current now with us, again made the timed opening.
Then only one more which is close and opens on the quarter and ¾ hour, but its
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Pulling into the Marina we are told it had all new floating
docks and they put us right next to a brand new Beneteau 55 ft monster of a beauty
of a boat, this is a Beneteau dealer so 4 other new boats all lined up. Arline
reminds me there is current and wind (still 20 knts) and not to hit anything.
Thanks Dear. We landed fine and shared a finger with another big 47 Beneteau
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down to 3-5 ft for us on Monday. Did it settle down or are we going back to Stuart,
which was the golden question. The marina is right on the ICW, still dark, and
everything ready to go for us. I look at my AIS (Automatic Identification
System) and other instruments and see that a boat has just cleared the inlet, I
have his boat name but he doesn’t answer my call on the VHS. Another moment
passes and I see another sailboat just passing the marine on the ICW.
Again I see his boat on my AIS. Ursa Minor answered my call, I asked if he’d
give us a report on the waves when he got out there. He was traveling with
another boat that had been out there an hour already. Another moment passed and
we had his report that waves where 3 ft and nothing breaking! We’re Off!<br />
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Still dark, the inlet was calm but the incoming current had
us down to only 3 knts SOG but boat speed was 7 knts, aghhhh. The opening
itself right at the ocean had some really big rollers that knocked us around
for a short bit, but we were out and going. Once we set our sails, pointed the
boat on a close reach to start making as much south as we could we realized
right away that we were not going to be able to make Port Lucaya, it would be
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All the way across it really was sailing as close to the
wind on a Starboard Tack, as possible, a little too close and our speed would drop off. Off the wind
the boat speed would increase but we would miss West End to the north by miles. Did that
both other times to <st1:place w:st="on">West End</st1:place>, this makes for a
long makeup south at the end of the day heading right into the wind. Our
heading is where the boat is pointed, that was about 115 degrees, but our
Course Over Ground (COG) was 93 degrees which is the heading to West End.
That’s how much the Gulfstream was pushing us north. Just afternoon we began to
see a difference. The COG and heading came together meaning we were out of the Gulfstream, Our boat speed picked up and we were pointed right at West End, this is when Kasidah started to Fly. The auto pilot (Auto) had been on all day and doing well, but the seas where just a little too much and the boat speed would very too much. Rather than try and remember how to make adjustments to Auto, I decided to sail her. I really don’t get to sail her that much so I put my gloves on and sailed for about 2 ½ hours. It was fantastic, she would hold her course and speed, the wind picked up a bit and the helm was a little strong. But the boat speed was great and we were right on our rum line headed straight at West End. The wind picked up a bit more and we where starting to worry about getting into
<st1:place w:st="on">West End</st1:place> before 5 PM when they leave. I rolled
in a little of the head sail and her speed picked up again. Arline took over and
steered for a while and took it all the way in till we took down the sails just
outside West End at 4:20 PM. It really was a great sail and the straightest
line we've ever made sailing,…..anywhere.<br />
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We needed to make the Silver Cover cut taking us to ORYC no
later than noon, which was 2 ½ hours after high tide to have enough water below
Kasidah. So we were up at around 3:30 and out before 4:00 am for the planned 5
hour sail. Dark as could be, no moon at all and some pretty good SE wind on the
nose (As always). We tried tacking out and back in only to find we really weren’t
making any headway down the coast to <st1:city w:st="on">Freeport</st1:city>.
Once we could round that point we could turn more east and sail. So the main
sail came down and we motored for a few hours into the wind. Arline steered
most of that time and got a good rhythm of steering around the waves to keep
out boat speed above 4 knts. The waves were indeed bigger than yesterday in the
Gulfstream. We put up the staysail which really did balance the boat, and gave
us a little speed. We are a sail boat but the window weather had closed in a
bit and the tide was going to hurt us if we didn’t make it. We could see <st1:city w:st="on">Freeport</st1:city> now and about 10
tankers, most of which were anchored just off the inlet. It was interesting sail around them
and keeping an eye out for the one that just went onto port and the one just
coming out. I think the wind shifted a little south and Kasidah was off again.
Boat speed was now close to 6 knts and we were going to make the tide. We
were right at a point where the depth comes up from thousands of feet to 100 ft
so there really where some big waves. I had the wheel now with 2 hours to go
and as I looked out over the boat I could look through the top few feet of the
waves and see that gorgeous turquoise blue color telling me the waves were big.
Arline and I were guessing 8-9 ft because of how much water was coming over the bow. We have
that sunken area on the fore deck and I have never seen waves fill that and then
boil onto our flush deck making its way back to the cockpit. Bruce King had an excellent design
with that, as much water as there was it never made its way to the cockpit. Finally
we could see the Silver Cove Inlet which faces south. All writings about the inlet
say do not do it with any south over 15. Opps it’s 20 south wind. Looking
through the binoculars I could see it wasn’t breaking over the rocks on either
side of the inlet but knowing the inlet I saw we had still a lot of tide left, so
I felt really good about getting in. I would not have tried it if I thought I
was putting us and Kasidah at risk. As we got closer the waves started to
settle down but the wind was really right behind us. Kasidah did get rocked
back and forth quite a bit until we surfed one or two waves coming in, lots of
steering and some engine RPM,..Very Exciting! Once in and the calm overcame us,
we knew we had done it. Passing a few tourists inside on the wall fishing they
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Kasidah settled into the same slip we had last year and
fellow boats came in to say their hellos. Later that day we find out 2 other
boats turned away from the channel, one big trawler came in and said wow,
everything in his boat was trashed and somebody else flipped their dingy in the
channel. The local dive shop canceled his afternoon dive and all claimed that the
waves were well over 9ft. Thanks Kasidah.<br />
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-87633653956856170552014-11-19T14:34:00.000-05:002014-11-20T09:48:23.076-05:00Just sitting and waiting.<div class="MsoNormal">
Leaving CT after a great meal with my bother Tim and his
friend Christopher was our next journey. But what a meal and night we had with
them. Christopher is from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region>,
he and my brother must have cooked all day for us. It was a short ride to the
house from Mom and Dads onto <st1:street w:st="on">Winterberry
Pl.</st1:street> in some town. Setting my Waze App (Love this
App) we arrived and a call to my brother revealed that we where at Winterberry
CR, a minor mistake my Waze and a 20 Minute back track… Mom and Dad, Arline and
I, ate great Vietnamese food, soup, spring rolls with hot home made Hosni
sauce, and on and on, finishing with Vietnamese coffee WOW. We didn't get to
sleep until about 3am that night. Did I mention that Arline and I gave up CAFFEINE?
WOW!!! Mom and Dad had 2 glasses of wine and I haven’t seen them in such good
spirits and up that late and really enjoying the evening in years. I think
that’s why it was called “Spirits” years ago, rightfully so. Thanks Tim and
Christopher.</div>
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small apartment waiting to close on their 1st house. Everything was on track
for them and they were to close in a week or so. We visited and spoiled <st1:state w:st="on">Cal</st1:state> as best we could in
a short time. We played tennis, did a little sight seeing and we babysat one
night so they could go to a movie. <st1:state w:st="on">Cal</st1:state>
had been being nursed but Amy had some stored that Arline was to feed
him,…..well he wanted no part and was putting up a fuss for his mom. It wasn't
until we distracted him and took his mind off the bottle that he would stop
fussing, it worked and he took the bottle. Of course I was now tired from
jumping up and down. That’s how we distracted him, Grandpa was playing and
waving his floor toy over his head and showing him his mirror and stuff. Thanks
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made sure she was set for the entire season, filling the Jeep with Hershey.</div>
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While with Amy and Jeremy I traveled just 25 miles to Philly
PA to do a job at a customer’s house; he’s a prominent lawyer/judge in that
town and also has a house in Skaneateles just off the lake. I did a nice job
for in NY and he found out I was traveling by his real house and wanted me to
install a generator switch for him and take care of a couple of motion
detectors. He does a lot in the aviation field in his practice and we had some
great talks about Amy and her plans. Thanks Chris</div>
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We only stayed a few days with Amy and Jeremy and headed to
Kasidah and <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state>.
We had one last job in <st1:city w:st="on">West Palm Beach</st1:city>
too. Another customer from Skaneateles, the owner of a well know Rug retail and
service store in Syracuse that I’d been doing work for many years, figured out
how close Kasidah was to her summer home. She was having a problem getting some
lighting fixed around her pool and yard. Somebody had come in and promised her
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machine and blah, blah, blah$. Arline and I got there and saw none of the low
voltage lighting working. We found a loose connections on a transformer, some
bad bulbs, lose connections on light fixtures and it all worked. It took longer
to drive to Home Depot to get some new LED lights and a few motion detectors
than it takes to install them,…well almost anyway. We stayed the evening had a
great meal with her and a couple of friends and a neighbor that invited us to
do a few things for her. Thanks Lucia.<br />
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Next day we had another drive to Home Depot for the neighbor’s
parts. It really was a few simple things but she is an older lady that just
wanted it done right. The thing she was the most pleased with, and she was
willing to take her new Ford back to the dealer and get a new one, was to
program and sync her visor button to her garage door opener. (It’s the simple
things in life that make you happy). Glad we could help. What an active great
lady she is, at near 80 she reminded us of Katherine Hepburn, so alive with
stories of her winning fishing tournaments, trophy turkey hunting, trophy
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or anything. All the lockers and the storage areas were dry, the stored lines
did not need cleaning, and it got better and better. We did find some signs of
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We have run into many of our cruising friends and have also
been having a great time with all of them. Sid and Kate on an IP 40 have been
with us for years,…this is our 5<sup>th</sup> year I think in the yard or
traveling with Sid. He’s an electrician on the west coast so we really have a
lot in common. Kate has been with him for 2 years now I think. Sid had some
Prop Speed left over from doing his prop. It’s a slippery kind of anti-fouling
epoxy mixture just for marine prop$. I think he paid well over $100 for enough
to do his. He mixed up a bit too much and brought it over to us, then Arline
and I got busy on our prop getting ready for the application. It really is an
amazing product makes the prop slippery, pretty and marine growth is not
suppose to like it. Arline thinks we picked up ½ a knot on our trip motoring to
Stuart. Thanks Sid </div>
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I changed the hot water heater that leaked last year. The
old one would not come out of the locker. Lucky for me I brought my <st1:city w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:city> saws all. Now
the old one was round and the new one was square. I looked and planned for a
full day to figure out how to take some wall apart so I could get it in. There
is absolutely no where else on the boat it could go. Then I took a drawer out
of the aft cabin to show Arline the heater and why it was taking so long. The
drawer is full of tools and heavy, as it came out it dropped hard and came
unglued, Busted. BUT I could see the
heater and a way for it to slide into the area. I just had to take the 2<sup>nd</sup>
draw out, cut a simple piece of the section between the two drawers out, then
knock the back wall out of the drawer area, build a new platform under the heater
after it was in place mind you, rework the plumbing, put the drawers and
cabinet area back in and it was in,……All of this while blindfolded, one arm
tied behind my back, on my stomach in the 80 plus degree heat. One of the
hardest things I’ve done on the boat in a while. But it’s in and works great. Thanks
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After the launch we rigged Kasidah for the season but this
year we did all our shopping from Indiantown. We figured we’d leave the Jeep in
Indiantown instead of bring it to Stuart and do our shopping there. We did our
runs for canned goods, another for real food, frozen food, and another run for
booze, and diving needs. A few trips also for parts and we were done. Happy not
to have a car in Stuart, the parking here can be difficult and other than
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after the lock when we were passed by another sailboat that came into the lock
with us. After he was in front of us he went on the wrong side of one buoy then
almost went down a channel that wasn't a channel. If he’d gone another 50 ft up
the non-channel he would have been aground and going at hull speed he would
have been quite far up on it. Thanks Crazy Ivan. </div>
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Sitting in Stuart is always a nice time, the breeze keeps
the bugs away, it’s always cool at night and on days that the Canadians keep
their weather to themselves, it is in the 80’s and mostly sunny. The solar
panels are keeping the batteries charged, and on days when those Canadian’s let
their cool air come here the wind generator kicks in. Downtown is a short walk
away, with great priced restaurants and shops. The showers are great here, WiFi
is less than so-so out on the boat, but good on shore near the office. All the
cruisers here are looking at weather, studying charts and sharing plans and
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bus to Wal-mart to get a few last item things, I hitched a ride with Sid and
Kate to get more parts for Frankenmotor. It’s now going to be 15hp with parts
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Last night when most of our friends and family were getting cold
blowing record snow we got a pretty good blow too. I heard the wind generator
kick up and I know the sounds it makes at different speeds and the
corresponding out puts of electric. Doing a battery system check I saw 30 amps
going into my batteries. With all the boat lights on, the inverter on for the
computers and a refrigerator or 2 running this was record setting and maxed
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-77280013087914968192014-10-23T16:51:00.002-04:002014-10-23T16:51:44.225-04:00Summer Recap.<div class="MsoNormal">
I can not believe we are out of NY and headed to Kasidah.
This summer was filled with so much that it will not be able to be covered in
one post here. Facebook has been a little easier to let people know what is
going on, but not in the detail that I know some of you like and I like to
write about. Most of you that read this will all know the highs and the lows of
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grandson Cal arrived and we were there, both kids are doing extremely well in
their careers and lives, another good year for Jae Bee Electric, especially our
new <b><i>marine
division</i></b>, our good health, summer home fun, no huge vehicle expenses,
traveled and explored a bit, tennis was good, we had the largest number of
visitors to the summer home we've ever had, the weather had been fairly good.
Our fifth wheel summer home worked out great, my old Dodge work van got us
through another season with just minor repairs. Great rides along some beautiful
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A great visit in Connecticut with a family gathering and what a great time we had,...nobody knows how to laugh like the Libby's. Not all are present in this photo and it's not a good photo of anybody but if you look at the faces and body language you know we were having a good laugh. Now, when you see Arline or I, remember to ask what we were laughing at and I promise you'll laugh with us. Thanks Christopher,.. </div>
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The lows include but are not limited to; losing a few good
friends and others in the fight for their life, Jill’s Audi was totaled in a
simple rear end accident, my fears continue to grow that our country and our
freedoms are in more trouble than they've ever been and we are again just one
generation away from losing it all, I wasted 6 weeks or 1/5<sup>th</sup> of my
time in NY to earn money because of grand jury duty, I won’t brag about how much it cost me to serve, and they
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full body skin check ended with pretty good results. I still have high blood
pressure, boarder line high cholesterol and diverticulitis or something that
sounds worst that what it is, my aches and pains have more to do with getting
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some major issues but in the end it ended up very good. They found she has
Mitral Valve Prolapse which will be monitored, they removed several moles and
one ended up being cancerous. They performed Mohs surgery removing all the bad
tissue, after that, seventeen sutures and all is good till next May. This is a
result of loving the sun as a teen and using baby oil to get the perfect tan.
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-70376833933055589752014-08-29T12:46:00.001-04:002014-08-29T13:05:43.261-04:00The cool air is starting to arrive.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our summer in New York has gone by so fast and its hard to believe we're already packing for the trip south.<br />
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to do some work at a marina<br />
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go for the summers next season, so we are looking forward to seeing and playing with old friends next year.<br />
Thanks to all that came to say hi, it was great seeing all of you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of a nice Day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Talking with Scott @ Bayside Marina</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary stopping to say Hi.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John and Margarette S/V Quicksilver stop by</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rick and Charleen M/V Livin on the Hook</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alex and Mary stop by </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark and Lynda S/V Rocinante II</td></tr>
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Jon was called for six weeks of Grand Jury duty which no matter what your excuse is they don't care. You must report and do the time so that's what he is doing right now.<br />
Out of all the jurors he is the only one that is self employed with no other income which will really put a damper on our cruising kitty but we will not let that get in the way. We will be staying till at least October 1st which should be just after the jury duty is over.<br />
We are still trying to finish up our Doctor visits which may take a bit still. I will talk more about this in our next entry. <br />
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Amy is officially out of the military but now is in the Reserves which doesn't make to much of a difference since she will be still flying the same plane she use to fly and still out of the same place in Dover De. only difference is it will be her choice when to fly a mission.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jill, Amy, Callen and Jeremy</td></tr>
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I Just got back from staying with Jeremy and Amy for two weeks help with Cal so they could pack and get some last minute work stuff done before moving to there new home in Reading PA. this will be closer to us in the summers since it cuts the drive time in half. We may even consider that as our summer home in the future.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gramma plays dressup with Cal</td></tr>
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Cal and I had a great time for the two weeks I was there, it was a great bonding time for gramma and my little peanut. I can't wait to see him next, you forget how quick babies grow till you stay away for awhile. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon's new hand outs </td></tr>
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Jon and I have started ordering our parts from the list we made in the spring for Kasidah,<br />
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off from the list are the Dive gear which has been serviced and ready for the season,this will be the first time we have brought it with us, the new wind instrument that flew off in the middle of the gulf stream and some koozies for Jon to pass out.Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-42842635215476290872014-06-21T10:30:00.001-04:002014-06-21T10:30:54.988-04:00We are Grandparents!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are the pround Grandparents of a baby boy "Callen David" born on June 14th Flag Day.<br />
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We are now back in New York at our summer place enjoying working and playing while getting our list of projects and supplies ready for Kasidah this fall.<br />
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<br />Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-6370258144525938602014-06-13T10:21:00.000-04:002014-06-21T10:21:55.912-04:00My how time Flies<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well it seems like just yesterday I moved to JFK JR High
School in <st1:street w:st="on">Southington CT.</st1:street> A
lot has happened in this short time,.. a lot! Soon I am to have the honor of
being called “Grampa” It happens every day, to nearly every family that is
blessed, all across this world. </div>
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I’m sure by the time you read this it will be know the
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Back up a few steps and when last we posted here we had just
arrived in NY for the summer of 2014. We had a few good days to open the
camper, AKA, our summer home and get ready for a busy summer. The work van had
a few issues that developed over the winter but I was able to take care of them
myself. We started off our short summer season with a note from the
Commissioner of Jurors for me to be a Grand Juror, the note said please set
aside 6 weeks of your time for this. <b><i>Yeah Right!!</i></b>, that is more than a ¼
of the time that I would work to earn any money for us. Now I have never
applied for unemployment, food stamps, (but could) or anything from the system,
all I want to do is work at something I’m very good at, pay my fair share of
taxes and move on. I explained this to the Commissioner and they did allow me
to postpone until September. That is when 6 weeks of my summer here is measured
differently. It reminds me of a wise Native American, (wait, I was born here,
can’t I be called that too? Nope) that said, referring to the introduction of
Day light saving, “Only a Government Agency would think that if he cut one foot
off the end of a blanket and sewed it onto the other end, he would have a
longer blanket,…” </div>
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Our first job of the year was planned at the end of last
year, and involved the remolding of a bathroom. Arline and I worked about 2
weeks on this. We tore out an old tub, and sink, put new subflooring down, new
tub and shower enclosure, new toilet, new vanity and sink with marble top,
plumbing, sheetrock work and painting. It really did turn out nice and our
friends love it. </div>
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From there we started with real work of just electrical; we
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Memorial Day was the earliest it can be this year and we
went to Amy and Jeremy’s, Arline had her bags packed planning to stay a while,
and for me to return to NY working till the baby comes. While there Amy found
out from the Air Force that she did qualify for VESP (Voluntary Early
Separation Program). Think I got that right. It’s very complicated but the easy
way of telling this is that she now is going to fly for the Air Reserve unit out
of <st1:city w:st="on">Dover</st1:city> and
going back to the big C-5. It will be a lot easier for a mom and dad. I think she’ll
be able to fly more on her terms, when she and Jeremy can rotate around baby
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I returned to NY and Jae Bee Electric working on several
things when a customer called and asked how far I would travel for a couple of
days of work. He had a camp in the <st1:place w:st="on">Adirondacks</st1:place>
that the local electrician just couldn’t get to for awhile. It was a small
camp that needed to be roughed in and a service installed, he wanted me to go
and just kick it in the ass as he and everybody knows I do with any project or
work I’m involved in. I drove the 3 hours to Speculator on Lake Pleasant and
worked 3 days, he set me up in a camp of a friends, right on the lake for a
couple of nights. It’s a very small town and by the time I left everybody knew
where I was working, and who I was. I knew the lady at dinner worked at the
hardware store, the 2 guys at the pizza lunch counter were a father son team
that had on the side of their van; carpenter, plumber, mason, electrical,
nuisance animal control and tour guide. (You needed a van to put all that on,
it wouldn’t fit on a pick-up truck door). One night at dinner at the lodge/bar
a handful of locals saw my van and found out where I was working that evening was
a great conversation of all things. The small shop had a sign that said “Beer
Bait and Diesel” what else do you need. The last day working at the camp I only
had half a day to finish what I wanted, but the contractor friend asked if I
could look at the 2<sup>nd</sup> camp where I was staying, it had no water to
it and worked off the camp I was staying in. I put on my plumbers hat and
crawled under the camp, found the garden hose that supplied the camp, turned
the valve to on, and that’s when I saw all the leaks. What a jury rigged
contraption I saw. After a trip to the hardware store, a bag of parts I crawled
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A few more projects came in while Arline, Blue, Amy and
Jeremy were waiting and playing tennis. Two projects that came in are <b><i>marine</i></b>
related. I have some electrical work at a marina and some dock work. This is a
marina we meet on our way to NY with Kasidah in ’06, Kim at Ess-Kay Yards runs
and works her family owned marina and has been a friend ever since. She has
also helped us with Westerbeke motor parts while we were in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bahamas</st1:country-region>. Her
prices always beat shops in FL. I also have a sail boat that has an electrical
problem. He knows my trouble shooting work and hasn’t been able to get anybody
to even look at his boat. I’ll have to wait till after the grandchild shows up
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of a grandchild. The 3 weeks without Arline went by fast but slow if that’s
possible. I got a fair amount done but spent a lot of time looking for my keys,
or the note I just made. Often I would find myself just moving things around
while looking for something different and then losing that too. Maybe Arline
will find it when she gets back to the summer home. I hate the laundromat by
myself and hate cooking alone,…..along with all the other things I had to do
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As I’m writing this Amy thinks her water broke and will go
to the hospital to find out. If it did break this is it, if it didn’t it will
be soon as she is almost a week over do. At this time as our family gets ready
to celebrating a new life and learning how to live with the newness that’s
coming, a friend of ours just lost his wife too early in life. Their family
will be gathering and remembering a wonderful lady and learning to live with
the change and loss. Our heart and prays go out to them. </div>
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-74583427114642835162014-04-29T19:50:00.000-04:002014-04-29T19:59:36.518-04:00Back in New York for the summer.<div class="MsoNormal">
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she never gave us a bit of trouble that we could handle or had been expecting, and
did even better than we could have wished for. Several times a month, while at
ORYC at a low tide she would stand on her keel for hours at a time, not a mark
on her keel was there when hauled. The trip we took in her and the miles we put
on her may have only been outdone by the miles and hours we spent in our
dinghy. We loved every moment on our dinghy. Perhaps the most memorable moment
on the dinghy was one day we both where out snorkeling and left Blue in the
dinghy as normal, under a shaded area we made for her up front. It was a little
rolly and the set anchor was making the bow bounce up and down ever so gently.
As we looked back at the dinghy after a while we took a <br />
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setting there, then we look again to make sure all is good and we see Blue up
on the seat, looking for us. Then we see that she’s sick, so QUICK back to the
dinghy and to get the hook up to settle the action. She was fine and we still had
a great day on the dinghy. It was the set of her ears while up on the seat that
was captured that is there forever. </div>
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made covers to go over the wooden cap-rails around the boat, hoping that they
would keep the sun from weathering it too much and maybe keep a little of the
rain from getting to some leak that may never be found. We had a visitor while
there, my Aunt Cyndy from <st1:state w:st="on">Maine</st1:state>.
She was wintering about 1 ½ hours from us and had always watched Facebook. We
did a short lunch, showed her and Paul our summer home, Kasidah and had some good
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1pm on a Monday right after haul out with 95 degrees and by 7pm we where in the
60’s with high wind warnings and lots of rain. The following day arriving at
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My Mom and Dad came with my Sister Kathy and her Kim. Our Jill and Ed came, and
even friends from Tully, Dianne and Ann came. We helped with all that we could
to make it easy for them. Arline and I did another visit to <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state> as it was the Cherry Blossom
time. If you’ve never been to see them or even Washington I highly recommend it.
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We stopped in CT to visit more with mom and dad. Jill wanted
us to look over some electrical at a new place she is moving into,….So I have a
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take the cover off. What we found was a very clean camper, no mice, nothing but
straighten up and move in. I even got the bike out and ran it up the drive and
back. There are no other full timers here yet, and very few overnighters on
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Jae Bee is off to a good start, with people who have actually
waited 6 months for our return, one customer called while we where still in the
Bahamas and waited 2 months for us to replace a switch in a bathroom upstairs. We
have a small bathroom to redo, a service change, and several other small
service things to do. It’s been too cold here, or we got here too early (yeah
too early) and I see that the summer’s forecast is colder and wetter than
normal, (so why am I doing this). I can’t make too much money, as we’ll just
end up giving it to the Federal Government, so just as they ask, I’ll shoot for
that zero-sum, even thou it is a fallacy that our leaders believe in. Good read
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this summer at a park within 2 miles of us. We’ve put new outdoor carpeting on
our deck; we have a small screened room for those few buggy nights and not sure
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Arline and Blue are going down to help and make sure somebody is with her at
the time just in case. I’ll go down near the time, before or after to get
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options for the fall. We know we are blessed to be where we are, and grateful
for all that we done, and man have we learned a lot. (Like, get it in writing!!!) We’d
love to tell them all but we don’t know them all. If you know us, then you
know we will always be doing something exciting, what we are capable of doing,
our dedication to something when we do it and standards are best stated by an
un-know author who said,<br />
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-65962832413173341612014-04-05T13:34:00.000-04:002014-04-16T13:45:34.849-04:00Leaving ORYC for the States<div class="MsoNormal">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last beach day for blue till next season</td></tr>
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Time on Kasidah is coming to an end this season. After a 3
day run from <st1:place w:st="on">Grand Bahama</st1:place> we are sitting
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last party with our ORYC family</td></tr>
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We left Ocean Reef Yacht Club (ORYC) on Saturday the 22<sup>nd</sup>
on a rising tide about 10 am, Sunday was going to be the day for crossing the
Gulfstream with very calm winds and seas, but we couldn’t leave and get out the
channel in <st1:place w:st="on">Grand Bahama</st1:place> to make it into West
Palm before dark. So we left with 6 other boats a day early and headed to a
spot near <st1:place w:st="on">West End</st1:place> where ANOTHER unfinished canal system exists.<br />
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The winds was to be from the East at 20-30 knts and the
seas were to be about 4 to 7 ft, but we were all fine with that because for the
most part it would be behind us for only a short while, then as we turned a
little north the island would shelter the seas and a good beam reach for the
last 3 hour ride up to the anchorage. The wind and the tide were coming into
the channel so it wasn’t too difficult getting out and only a little confused
till we got out past the reef and headed west with the wind behind us. The
short trip to <st1:place w:st="on">Freeport</st1:place>
was fast as we where all watching each other come out the channel rising and
falling in the swells and turning to the west. Approaching <st1:city w:st="on">Freeport</st1:city> we could see all the tankers and
container ships, some at anchor, some at the fuel dock stations and some adrift
waiting their turn to get into port. All of our group made it past them all
except the last two,….yeap we were one of them. We watched a pilot boat come
out to one of the container ships headed in and leave dropping off his harbor
pilot. We were both pretty close and I’d been watching him on my instruments
and it was telling me he had no speed and I would pass in front of him,…Until
the Harbor Pilot must have told him to “Go for it!” Well NOW I have a collision
alarm as he’s now moving and in front of us, it was an easy decision to go around
to the stern, the boat in front of us didn’t have AIS so I think he may have
had to change his shorts. Once past <st1:city w:st="on">Freeport</st1:city>
our little turn to the north was followed by a change in the wind to the SW, so
again the wind was RIGHT behind us. The waves had grown quite large and boats
where disappearing as they fell into the swells. There were times when we
settled into the swells and the swell in front of us was well over 10 ft. It
was some of the biggest we’d been in and Kasidah was fine, I had the main up
hoping for the beam reach that never came and I wasn’t going to take it down in
these waves, yet…<br />
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So it was tied off quite well and a little tricky for the next
2 hours into the secret anchorage. Once inside the well marked channel we found
lots of water, 12-15 ft, there were also another six boats in there we set our
anchor, dropped the dinghy and went for a ride to explore the anchorage. It was
huge deep and a lot of somebody’s money was spent drudging, leveling all the
spoils to raise the land by five ft or so, roads, electric and I assume sewer
lines, street lights, and they’ve just stopped. Had we not been happy with the anchorage we
had planned to go into <st1:place w:st="on">West End</st1:place> and Old Bahama
Bay Marina for the night. This would cost about $100 but would be easy to walk
Blue without having to lower the dingy, meaning a quick exit in the morning
too. We later found out that the marina was Filled with boats for the crossing,
and the spill over’s were anchored just around the corner on the bank. There
the wind was ripping through the night and several boats dragged and one even
lost an anchor some how. So at least we made the right choice for the night. </div>
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We left the following morning for <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state> with most of the other boats, the
winds had died down as predicted and shifted, there were all sorts of
predictions as to the wind direction, the consent was LIGHT, and it sure was.
All day it was light West which was on the nose, of course. We heard it might
shift through the day to the NW and even SW so all you could do was head to <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state>. It was so light
some of the boats took down all sails and motored the whole way. We started
with the main and head sail, then the cutter and main, then just the main.
Nothing got us above 6 knts, and we hadn’t hit the Gulfstream yet. I tried
making as much south as I could in anticipation of the push north, but it
slowed us down even more. So we sailed and motored to our best speed which
would bring us a little north of the <st1:city w:st="on">Palm Beach</st1:city>
inlet, while hoping for an afternoon or evening wind shift to the north then we
could switch to a starboard tack and sail fast to the south once out of the <st1:place w:st="on">Gulf Stream</st1:place>. All day long I believe there was always
another boat crossing to the west and within site. Several freighters and tankers
were also part of the day but they were going north or south for the most part
and with AIS there was never anything more than a 2 degree course change needed
to give us miles of clearance. At one point we had a pod of Dolphins swimming in
front of Kasidah, it was so calm both Arline and I rushed up on deck to watch
and video them swimming off our bow, normally that is a big NO NO for us, we
never go up without hooking in with a vest to the jack lines. The wind died even
more the closer we got to <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state>
and a shift never really came. It was the longest, and for me the most
frustration, crossing we ever had. We (I) couldn’t do anything to make some
south happen with out our speed dropping to below 4, and even closer to 3. So
we ended up maybe 3 or 5 miles north of the inlet. I thought the gulfstream was
quite close to the coast judging from my instruments. My compass heading and
boat was pointed at 270 but my COG was 300 and my Bearing to the inlet was
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We did make the inlet just at dark, 8:30 and had 3 or 5
miles to go to get to the anchorage in <st1:place w:st="on">North Lake Worth</st1:place>.
We had good tracks to follow from previous trips and there wasn’t much traffic.
The anchor was set, dinghy dropped and Blue walked by 9:30 and a Grilled Cheese
Sandwich, quick shower in the cockpit, small glass of rum and I was out for the
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Mondays move to Stuart and Sunset Bay Anchorage started
early with a way for blue, put the dinghy up on the davits and motor away. Glad
it was a Monday because there was little traffic. No incidents’ with bridges,
just a nice motor. Once on our mooring ball we saw all the others fill up fast
as there was a big blow coming through for several days in a row. The marina
was filled with people from all the years here, one set of boaters were leaving
in a few days and needed to get their car to Indiantown, easily volunteering to do this, we fetched our car while dropping theirs off. </div>
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-87501498725222413622014-03-16T15:50:00.000-04:002014-03-16T15:52:28.443-04:00We now belong to "TORP" I love<i> "I heart radio"</i>, I listen to WSYR out of Syracuse when I can stream it on the line here. I listen to the talk shows when they're on, the commercials from places we knew for 25 years, but I love listening to the local news and weather. It adds a certain sense that's hard to describe, it's not that I want to be there, (sorry), It's not like I can't read about the wonderful narcissistic politicians and how the area is really only doing well because of them, (sorry again), It's not that I can't find the weather in NY and how bad that SE or NW breeze is blowing imagining the crap being blown around and the damage it's doing, or how deep it is getting in the old driveway. I think it's the person tone from the voices I hear and their injection of emotions from these events of news or weather, over life in that area to which we invested so much of our life's.<br />
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Again I can read and see how much snow anywhere, but when I <i><b>hear</b></i> it's closed at exit 15 in Lafayette, or exit 14 in Tully do to an accident, now I get the picture, or the traffic in downtown Syracuse is 10 minutes at Adams street, Fulton is closed, and so on. Then I worry and imagine about my friends sitting on their ford tractor pushing the crap out of the way just so the misses can get to work. I've heard the news and felt for my friends trying to get to the airport, the Dojo, or a job site to sample a well or any other aspect of work.</div>
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We looked at the calender and realize it's time to call the taxi for a ride home,.....well to take Kasidah home. We have a haul out date of April,l 7th, so we'll look for a crossing window weather around the 27th of March, ONLY A WEEK AWAY. It looks like between 7 or 12 boats will be looking for the same window of weather and going together. We have plans to visit with family and friends in the Stuart area and there is always work to do on Kasidah. Food and other stores had been shopped and planned very well this year, looking back as always, we've made a few changes to the supplies we need next time out here.</div>
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Last week we went with two other couples by bike to do a couple of things in Freeport, there was fishing, supplies, a few groceries, Rum, and we were stopping for lunch at the little place Arline and I have enjoyed at the straw market. We've talked about how clean it was, how cold and reasonable the beer was. </div>
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I have to take you back a few months ago; remember that most people here at the time share arrive and leave on Saturday. It's usually slow on the marina side as we watch the new people come in we carry on with pool, tennis, hot tub, and boat chores. I remember one group of newbies walking about with their Complementary welcome Bahama Mama drink and still in their travel cloths, (because the rooms not ready) viewing the grounds and taking it all in. I wasn't there, but I knew who it was. They met up with the rest of their group at the 2nd pool and talked of all they took in on their walk about. "Did you see the swim up bar, at the big pool. How about the hot tub filled with TORP?" "Yeah saw that!" So we had to find out what TORP is or was. As it turns out, it's an acronym, as is DINK (Duel Income No Kind), DINKWAD (Duel Income No Kids With A Dog),....Ready for it, TORP (Tanned Old Retired People) LOL,... Yeah the hot tub was fill with cruisers,....</div>
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Back to the bike ride/parade of TORP on bikes. It really does go well. I was worried that we'd get bunched up, separated, lost, or hit by traffic. We did stop at a couple of hardware stores, and then the package store. I found My Gay Rum here is only $13 for a liter, Golsing Rum from Bermuda $15 and Arline's wine wasn't that bad either. We get a discount if we mention we are from the Resort. Like they couldn't tell. At the food store with the 3 bottles in my front basket I stayed outside to put air in my front tire, it seemed a little,...something. Once we saddled up and started to roll I saw I had an issue with the front wheel bearing, too much play. I took it apart and found out there was not race for the bearings to ride on. I put it back together and put the rum in the back to take the weight of the front of course. but the wheel was so wobbly that I had to take the front brakes off so it would turn free, albeit I still looked like a DOB, drunk on a bike. It was a short ride to lunch and only one traffic circle or roundabout. As we pull in Arline and I saw that it was closed for the day. That's kind of our luck, "3rd Time" that's another story in the edit mode, how the first and second time somewhere is good and then better, but the 3rd time there with friends family or what ever, it's a disaster, closed, burned, or worse. So one of the other TORP had a place in mind and as my wheel was real bad now it was on the way home and near a bike shop. They have one of those here? It was maybe 2 mile to lunch every once in a while the bearings would line up right or something and the bike was good, then I would hit a bump or turn a little and it was back to being a DOB. Lunch was at an old McDonald's which closed (we hadn't been there before) and turn into a local bar diner. Really good food, cold beer and prices right, there was even WiFi so you could get on the line. Dick pointed the way to the bike shop we found Mac and a young man there. The young man looked at the bike and saw the front hub wobbling as it shouldn't and said he'd have to take it apart to see if the inside hub was ok,..I helped him pull the tire off and he stopped me saying I'd get dirty, I pointed to my shirt and shorts and said it's already been a bad day and handed him the tire. Well we found the race had screwed it's way into the middle of the hub and destroyed the hub. The boss came out looked at it and said that a new hub is needed. </div>
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I'm thinking,.. great push the bike home, 4 miles because there's no putting this back together to nurse it home, 2 weeks from the states for a hub, yeah dah yeah dah yeah dah. 10 seconds later he shows me a new hub and said $40. Yeah but how much to put it on I ask? $40 + 40, Great, twice what I paid for the bike. BUT no it was $40 for the new hub with labor on the bike, and I only had $35. I'll come back and give you the rest when I pick the bike up tomorrow. We'll finish it today sir, Well I'll come back tomorrow and give you the rest, "I don't know who you are man!" he said, "Well" I said "I don't know who you are either" and laughed making lite of the whole thing. So I go out to the bike grab the bottle of Mt Gay and show it to him telling him I'd give him the $35 and leave the bottle of rum which is wroth $20 and then come back and give him the $5 and get my rum back. His laughed said he doesn't drink and I could bring the money back but take that dam rum out of here. </div>
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The young man (I'm sorry I didn't get his name),with in 30 minutes, tore every spoke off the wheel (Do you know how many are on there) and then added them to the new hub, put it all back together and straightened it. We had a great time laughing and talking about the boat, living in NY, the owner had been there twice and that was enough. Several people came to his little shop which was a shed on an extension cord while we where there for other parts or to pay on a repair. We made it back to the boat I grabbed some money and hi-tailed it back to him and a tip for the young man, as he said they were there till 5 or 5:30 that day. I got there at 4:15 and they were gone, AGH!!! I made it back the next day and I think he was really shocked to see that I came back to give him the $5. The young man was so polite always calling me sir, yeahs sir. He said let me look and made sure it''s right and still good. Of course no issues. </div>
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This weeks' Time Share people included a family from NH with their daughter and a friend of hers (She left on an earlier flight before we got her in a picture). Gerry, and his wife sat and talked a couple of days with us, he rented the small boat here and we went by dinghy to show them where to snorkel on a reef. Emily was a Jr in College and in the Air Force ROTC program to become a nurse. America you have another strong woman out there to be proud of, we wish her luck and owe her our thanks.<br />
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Jon and Arline Libbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075076127990396523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-733172918058418998.post-77317167663326793112014-02-23T11:54:00.000-05:002014-02-23T16:06:33.196-05:00Ships That Pass in the Night<div class="quote" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">After a while the weather finally
has to become right for a comfortable move with Kasidah. Even with this winter’s
on slot of storm after storm we have been wintering fine in Grand Bahamas. Our
trip to the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berry</st1:place></st1:state>’s
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">We left Silver Cove and Ocean Reef Yacht Club (ORYC) on Tuesday
the 11<sup>th</sup> at 1<sup>st</sup> light on a falling tide, but with plenty of
water in the inlet. Wind was going to be ENE-E 70-90 deg. Our
heading to the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Berry</st1:place></st1:state>’s
was going to be 140 deg. It was a 63 NM run so a SOG (speed over ground) of 5-6
knts was mandatory. We where followed out of the little inlet an hour later by
Raymond but he passed us within 2 hours doing about 10 knts. He’s been here at
ORYC this year and last year, we’ve become dock friends. He has a very nice
power cat and was headed in the same direction. With family aboard and a nice
camera we’re hoping for a great photo of Kasidah hauling ass. Thanks Raymond. We motor sailed with full
sails making near 6.5 knots the first half of the day Close Hauled with a
little room left making as much East as we could in case the wind came any more
than East. The last three hours the wind was indeed right on the nose (of
course) and was a little more East than I wanted. We tacked around once to side
step a very large tanker and gained a little more East,….but it wasn’t worth
it, now we were too close to the shallow water. We pulled in the Head Sail,
and Stay Sail motoring with the Main up the last 2 hours making good speed close
to 6 knots and making the harbor entrance of Great Harbour Cay (GHC) just as
the moon was having an effect on our vision. We have many tracks on our
instruments in and out of here so it was pretty easy. It was a nice sail and
day to be on Kasidah. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found her resting place in good condition with some of the flowering plants we left taking
hold. We also found a coconut on a beach that had rooted and moved it near her.
When we got back in the dinghy Arline said “OK I’ve done what I wanted to do,
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Returning to the marina and Kasidah we found numerous friends from all </span><span style="font-size: medium;">the years in GHC.
Samantha was there as office manager and couldn’t give us a big enough huge,
then sharing what had happened in her life while we’d been away. Later in the
week she brought her 9 year old son over for us too meet, what a proper man he
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Barrington was the dock master years ago but now is working as a tour
boat captain that servers the big Cruise Ships that anchor off Coco Cay. He and his wife have a </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">beautiful</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> 1 year old baby girl
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but call her Libby ;-D. He is a much respected local person and had been
part of the local government. We have shared dinners and stories with Barry about his life and ours, I can tell he deserves all of our respect for his morals and achievements. Thereon was a worker too but now lives in </span><st1:city style="font-size: 14pt;" w:st="on">Freeport</st1:city><span style="font-size: medium;"> and has a new baby girl with his wife who is a
school teacher on </span><st1:place style="font-size: 14pt;" w:st="on">Grand Bahama</st1:place><span style="font-size: medium;">. He was shocked
to learn we’d been 2 months at ORYC and within 2 miles of his home and new job
as a Government official for the fishing department. We are invited to spend
Thanksgiving with his family next year. There were many others that came
by just to say hello and see if we needed anything or if we got another dog to
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year when we pulled in with a blown engine. They have a nice house on the
island, and invited us to drinks and dinner. Returning to the boat late at night
we noticed another sailboat had pulled in next to us. There were predictions of big winds for the next few days and a lot of cruisers had pulled in for coverage. Our new dock mates had the telltale signs of
new young cruisers; trunks of stuff tied down on the deck, sailboards, Kayaks,
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Not so early up the next morning
and at the bath house we say hello to our new dock mates doing laundry. Peter
and Jodi, we started talking about destinations, journeys and dogs, (They have
2 big ones on board). We were talking about their crossing and how long it took them because the wind was right on the nose having to motor sail nearly the whole
way. Jokingly I said “On the nose,.. What,. Did you just climb on the boat last
week?”. "Well last month" was his answer.
We then find out they just bought the boat, a </span><st1:city style="font-size: 14pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Whitby</st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-size: medium;"> 42 from friends of ours. </span><b style="font-size: 14pt;"><i>What a small world, this is S/V “HEY
JUDE</i></b><span style="font-size: medium;">!”. A boat </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">we've</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> known and cruised with since our 1</span><sup style="font-size: 14pt;">st</sup><span style="font-size: medium;">
time crossing to GHC. Steve and Judy are great people that we still talk with while
they are now in the </span><st1:state style="font-size: 14pt;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-size: medium;">
area. Steve used his dinghy to pull Kasidah and her blown engine into dock the
1</span><sup style="font-size: 14pt;">st</sup><span style="font-size: medium;"> year there. Judy is the one who helped Arline with her hip,
which is still good for her. Last year we crossed to GHC again with them
knowing it would be their last year out. They have had “Hey Jude” for I Believe
near 20 years. We sat with them at GHC and at the exact same docks. Within
minutes I showed Peter photos from my phone of “Hey Jude” pulling away from the
dock, the last photo of her we have, another of Steve towing Kasidah in, and finally another of Judy
with her big as life smile. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve and Judy leaving 1/13 from GHC Marina for parts unknown<br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">I remember the photo and the moment they left last
year, thinking we’d never see them or “Hey Jude” again. We really wanted to go
with them further south, we just didn't want it to end. But for us we didn’t
know what we could or would be doing the next summer. We had just been lied to,
cheated, stabbed in the back and thrown under the bus by people we thought were friends, plus we’d
just had some of our true good friends ripped out of our life. Steve and Judy knew
and understood from experience what we had just gone through, and we knew for them, that this was their last year out here. Also at the time Sara was not doing well, they and many other boaters helped keep our sanity in check. Steve and Judy had become family
to us, and us to them. It was very emotional seeing “Hey Jude”, but quite a
comfort to see her too. Her new name and owners would make Steve and Judy very
proud. Peter and Jodi felt the karma
aboard “Hey Jude” when they looked at her and commented to the positive vibe
they felt from Kasidah sitting at her side. We shared with the new owners 3
more great days, and a nice meal aboard. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 19px;">There was another boat Casita. Go ahead and say it. They were at GHC last year too. This year they are there buying property. We spent the big Wahoo Fishing tournament evening with them and all our other friends on Saturday knowing we would be headed back to ORYC in the morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Leaving GHC at 1</span><sup style="font-size: 14pt;">st</sup><span style="font-size: medium;">
light on Sunday as planned, and following our tracks out. Knowing what we did
coming down, and having good tracks to ORYC from the year before, we were off for
another good day. The computer with all of our tracks keeps history that is very detailed, if you click on any point of a track you can tell the day and time at
that exact location. We had fair wind, I would have loved another 5 knts but, we were going well. We
knew from the track last year that we made it into the Silver Cove channel at
3:30 having left at dawn too. Our arrival time today as stated by the chart plotter all
morning long was 6:30 pm with sunset at 6:15, BUT all morning till noon we were 1
hour </span><i style="font-size: 14pt;">ahead</i><span style="font-size: medium;"> of our position last year.
Present boat speed was 7 knts, but SOG was 5.5 meaning we were being kicked by
a 1.5 knt in current. Very interesting. We did make the channel at 6 pm, and we
were just 2 hrs after low tide. Water Depth was going to be close in the
channel, so we slowed down and added as much time as we could to gain more tide
and water depth in the channel. At low tide there is 5 ft and we draw a little
more than 6 ft. As we enter the channel Arline is up on the bow scouting for
the zig-zag in the channel. I’m listening to her through our communicators,
watching the depth meters and going as slow as I can. Not too slow because you
can lose steerage, the current coming into the channel is probably 2-3 knots so
that means Kasidah is moving about 4 knots which is pretty fast to run aground (I know this from </span><span style="font-size: 19px;">experience</span><span style="font-size: medium;">).
Arline had an easy time spotting the zig-zag and there was only one point at
which I had only 6 inches under Kasidah. Ah nice to be back at ORYC, 2 pools, a
hot tub, tennis, good stores and beaches and a bunch of Great Canadian cruising buddies. who are running around with their Flag after winning the gold in men and women's hockey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Who knows what ships we passed
as we came north that were just out of site. Who knows what ships we will pass in the near future. Our time together and here seems so short. I hope we connect again with (not
in any particular order); Jenny, Summer Breeze, Y-knot III, C/esc;, Quest, Ram
Sea, Serene, Rocinante, Andros, Ozymandias, Earendil, Anjo, Steadfast,
Intermezzo, Pelican Rose, and all the others here at ORYC. There are so many
we’ve crossed paths with and consider part of our family I can go on and on and
not get to you all so please don’t feel left out if you’re not mentioned. We
hope also to spend time welcoming into the cruising community and family, John
and <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Marquette</st1:place></st1:city>
on Quick Silver, Dorothy and Dave on Querencia, and of course Veranda and our sister ship Boat Bumms. It’s wonderful out here for
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disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw
off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your
sails. . . Explore. Dream. Discover.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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