Up at 7, breakfast and the net, bible reading then wash the boat, and check out of the marina. We expect to head out of the marina by around noon, to go over to the anchorage.
We checked out, then took the water taxi to the port captain to finish the checkout process. Then we went to the beach and had pizza for lunch with a beer while enjoying the view of the ocean. Finally back to the boat, showers (last one where we can just let the water run for a while).
Finally back to the boat and put the speed probe int the water. We keep it out of the water to keep it clean when we are not using it. I took the opportunity to show Mike and Jenn on Bright nest how this works, as they have an Island Packet as well, and they have heard about pulling the speed probe but have not done it, and only clean it by going under the boat. It is much easier from inside the boat.
Then we pulled out of our slip and left the marina and sailed for a bit, seeing the usual, dolphins and seagulls.. Finally we stopped in the anchorage. In about 27 feet of water with 150 feet of rode out for our anchor. All done by 5 pm, and it is about 91 degrees outside, and 90 inside the boat. Now it is time for a beer. There is a Taco Crawl scheduled for tomorrow night, and we will get our dinghy cover back as well.
It will be different being at anchor without air conditioning, but it costs much less! Our boat has been in Paradise Village since early May, or about 6 months. Which is typical for hurricane season (BTW, hurricane season is not really over until the end of November, but we are figuring that we are going to chance it).
