Muti

Muti is fixed!  Started to plan our escape: waited for the right weather window, did final fresh produce provisioning and got our Covid test. Oh, bought more beer, is there ever enough? > Mon Mar 28th 2022 -    Set sail for the Bahamas late afternoon. Started passage motoring, light and variable winds with a north component. Headed 95 true; 2 hrs into the Gulf Stream COG was 65 true, quite a current. Very bumpy over the Gulf Stream, not the best for crew members partial to sea sickness. 🤮  The waves were 4-5’ with short duration but halfway across wind shifted to SE and swell pretty much flattened out. Turned off the engine and sailed the rest of the passage to West End. Super pleasant second half of the journey, 76 NM in total. > Tue Mar 29th 2022 - Arrived early in West End, Grand Bahamas, hove to until daylight. Overnight trip took about 10 hours. Once we arrived and checked in with customs we enjoyed the quiet and serenity of this area for a few days, a nice change from down

  Mid February to mid March 2022 Downtown Fort Lauderdale, oh my! We’ve spent the last 6 weeks or so living aboard docked on the New River opposite ‘The Wharf’, a night venue that rages  until 4 am  over weekends. Were we ever that young and brave that we could hang until closing? This stretch on the river is super busy on a weekend, with an array of vessels, some are pretty freaking impressive! We are looking forward to a more sedate live aboard existence, as ‘No Wake’  zone means a different thing to different captains.   😁   : We have been staged here while Lagoon has pondered whether they will cover a repair we need under warranty and we got word this past week that the boatyard has approval to go ahead and will schedule soon, yah! Who knew living on a boat could be so exhausting, retirement isn’t what we imagined, but Rob did get to have a beer the other evening.  😂  Living aboard is definitely an adjustment. We are way more cognizant of power, water consumption and the bog. Bu