Day 8
We woke up on the hook in Daytona with the intention of spending the day, but the weather forecast called for a perfect day today and high winds tomorrow. Within 10 minutes the anchor was up and we were motoring the 52 miles to St. Augustine. Tides were favorable and we arrived in St. Augustine around 3 pm. A perfect trip with dolphins and beautiful scenery.
Day 9
We chose wisely. Winds were gusting over 20 mph, so yesterday was a better travel day. We bummed around St. Augustine with a new perspective. We always said this would be a great cruise ship port and to our amazement a small cruise ship actually pulled in the harbor. It was a river cruise ship that travels the intracoastal and St. Johns River. News to me!! We went to a marine supply store to pick up a lock washer for the alternator belt which always seems to be coming loose. A friendly boater butted in and told me I needed a new belt. He said the old one was slipping, getting hot and stretching. He said I needed to replace it before it failed and damaged the engine. The guy was right. I had plenty of new spare belts, so I changed all three. The old belts had stretched a lot.
Another successful repair complete and we were off to town for happy hour. The Admiral proclaimed she had consumed more beer on this voyage then her whole life prior. 2 for 1 happy hours are keeping the crew happy. Tomorrow we cruise to our new home port. On Friday TIKA gets pulled out of the water for some fresh bottom paint and polishing the hull. Some of the most interesting parts of the trip are still ahead of us as we cruise to Jacksonville.
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