The UPS Store

Fernandina Beach,FL

 

Today is 5/30.  I'm writing from the bench outside the UPS store in Fernandina Beach.

 

Finally!  Today I weighed anchor and motored on up to Tiger Point Marina.   It was slow going against the current again.  The weather said thunderstorms in the afternoon and I tried to beat the storms to the marina.  I lost the race by ½ mile.  Had to anchor quickly outside the channel.  

 

Lost my windlass handle overboard when raising the anchor.  Damn.  No matter how much I hate loosing things overboard, it will always happen once in a while.  Still, it was the only real mishap in a week.

 

Tuesday they haul Tarwathie out and I start my bottom painting job.  The marina also said they can repair that bent anchor roller pin (remember from last March?)  I also want to hire a diesel mechanic to teach me how to do maintenance on the engine.

 

Tarwathie is much too slow under power.  Much slower than in Ft. Lauderdale.  What can cause it?  Some combination of the bottom being fouled.  The engine cooling could be too little preventing me from using more than 1500 RPM.  The pitch on the propeller could be wrong.   No other possibilities I can think of.