The Beach

The Beach
Hollywood, Florida, N26 01 W80 07
December 30, 2005

Well we made it to Fort Lauderdale. This is where we started last
February when we bought Tarwathie. It took us 24 hours to get here
from Fort Pierce. The channel coming in was very crowded with big ships
going every which way.

We found a slip at a marina to the south of the entrance. Half a block
away is the beach so Libby and I took a walk on the beach. The beach
was crowded. Lots of people, lots of bikinis, temperature in the 80s.
Just like one pictures a Florida beach to be. We had to break out our
summer clothes that we had stored away in the boat waiting for warm
weather. We found it!

The engine is giving cooling troubles again. We can only make three
knots without overheating. It must be that when we grounded in Vero
Beach that we sucked up some mud into the engine. I'll have to back
flush it while here at the marina.

Our main mission here is to visit Blue Water Charts, the biggest store
in the USA for nautical charts. They can help us plan the trip to Pass
Christian and to Alaska. I hope they can also help us economize on
chart/chip costs.