Breakfast in the " yatch" in Palm Beach, after the storm

The autopilot stopped working and the alternator was not charging and to add insult to injury, the skies opened as Far Away and Blue Phoenix were making their way into Palm Beach. But all ended well and the crew managed to anchor, eat and drop dead after a long 200 mile trip from St. Augustine.
Today after fiddling with the alternator and the autopilot they had a scrumptious baked breakfast and were off in Blue Phoenix's dinghy to research marinas in the area to leave the boats. From the looks of the breakfast I see they do not miss me. I miss them though, because it's cold, gray and snowflakes are falling mixed with the rain!

Another offshore

After to days of R&R in St. Augustine, Far Away and Blue Phoenix continued their voyage south. The current was very strong this morning when they tried to leave and were forced to wait for slack tide. Unfortunately the Pacific Craft from Annapolis on the next slip insisted on going out and hit our sterm, damaging the wind vane and almost taking the outboard with it!
Last time I talked they had travelled 30 miles and were motorsailing. If all goes well they should be resting in Palm Beach tomorrow.

wind² + not enough scope= drag, drag, drag

Last minute news:
At 5 am this morning Far Away's lone crewman heard a weird noise and found the raft up was moving fast towards other anchored boats. After a good deal of scrambling, the boats were untied but Juan was alone in Far Away, so he went around for a while until the bridge opened and then he docked at the marina.
The shock must have been good for his brain cells because he managed to fix the fridge. So as of this hour (but we do not know until when) Far Away has 0 problems! (Oh how I miss her!)

St. Augustine

My accounts now are of course second hand, I am back home while Juan is still going further South. Yesterday one of the crew members in Blue Phoenix, Juan José, defected and joined forces with Far Away to take it to St. Augustine. They sailed 70% of the time and apparently raced for a bottle of wine. They say they won by two miles, at least. The day was beautiful but the wind was light so they did not arrive until eight pm and had a hard time getting into St. Augustine because the channel is not as well marked as in Fernandina and there is shoaling, but all went well and by 9 they were rafted up and ready. Today they stay put, waiting for Nelson to arrive.