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Travel day Dec 3, 23 (West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale) Travel day #41
Scott here. West Palm Beach has been a wonderful. We could spend more time here as well. But, we need to move. Hopefully we can take off before 7:30 am. Don’t know how the bridges are and we have a lot of them we need to have opened. I would like to get to our…
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Nov. 24, 23 update
The anchorage we were in, Pendarvis Cove, was a good but crowded place. A short trip to shore to walk Jazzy. It does look like we dragged anchor a little during the night. The alarm didn’t go off, but we were at 95% of my set distance from the anchor. When we woke up Thanksgiving…
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Travel Day #40 stats
Scott and Rita have docked their 42′ boat at North City Dock, West Palm Beach, facing initial difficulties due to the distance between the support posts and wind speed. After meeting friends and collecting supplies, they relocated due to night docking restrictions. Anchor placement proved challenging, with them settling at the fourth site. They plan…
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Travel Day Nov. 30, 23 (Jupiter to West Palm Beach) Travel Day #40
Scott here! It has taken 40 travel days to get to West Palm Beach. Sounds like a lot but we have gone way to fast and missed a lot to get there that quickly. We will need to do this again to see everything we missed! Right Rita?!? We might try to cross over to…
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Travel Day #39 stats
On November 29, 2023, Scott and his companion Rita moved from Stuart to Jupiter, FL, after spending a week there due to repair works on their boat. They faced challenges setting off because of strong winds, but managed without any damage. Instead of reaching their planned anchorage, they stopped short at Hobe sound, a location…
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Travel day Nov 29, 23 (Stuart to Jupiter) Travel day #39
Scott here…. Hopefully we can try this again, we need to leave Sturt eventually! We have received our Pet Permit from the Bahamas, just need a USA vet to sign off on her and we will be good to cross the Gulf Stream and finally be in the Bahamas. Although, vet the appointment isn’t until…
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Travel day # 38 stats
Scott here. Today didn’t go as planned! That should not surprise anyone! 😂 Day started out good. Rita woke up early did her thing and a couple loads laundry. Of course, one load of towels needed another round in the dryer. We took off about 45 minutes later than expected. Start at: 8:30 am ACTUAL…
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Travel Day Nov. 28, 23 (Stuart ->Stuart–>Jupiter) Travel Day # 38
On November 28, 2023, Scott and his team started their 38th day of travel, embarking on a two-part journey from Stuart at Safe Harbor Harborage Yacht to Jupiter, via Stuart City docks. After an incident involving a broken freshwater regulator and vacu-flush toilet, help was called in to fix the issues and parts set for…
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Travel Day #37 stats
OK, we didn’t travel far for Travel Day #37, November 23, 2023. We only travel due to a failure of our water pump. We needed to go to a marina to have running fresh water. Plan v ACTUALWe had no plan, so this is just the actual numbers! LOL!!Left: 10:10 amArrived: 10:50 amTotal Miles: 1.7Total…
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Travel day # 36 stats
Scott here. Today we left Clewiston and traveled east to Stuart. We are finally on the East Coast! Technically we have about 10 miles, as the boat floats, to get to the Atlantic, but close enough! I am not sure I believed we could do it! But, through prayer and hard work we have made…
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