Key West - Night views

 

The view towards B&B Seafood

One advantage of the high winds (20 to 25 kts) was that most of those on moorings and at anchor stayed there so we had the laundromat all to ourselves - such are the joys of cruising. The dinghy dock was unusually empty, plenty of room. 

The view in the opposite direction - off the back of the boat

Our night was not uneventful. We had the combination of a strong northeast wind to 25 kts and a drain tide. That pushed us up against the fixed dock add on of steps. We were fine with the dock as designed but somebody in the last two years thought it was a good idea to add additional steps in wood for getting off the boat. At a drain tide low, we hit the steps at 2:00 am in the morning. So up I was and went to investigate. I added more lines to the starboard side to pull us away from the fixed dock. After about 1/2 hour of this, I finally succeeded. Isn’t cruising exciting! 

I had a mechanic on board this afternoon to look at the injection pump, thinking that it was leaking fuel. He did a detailed analysis and concluded that it was not leaking and what I was seeing was just residual oil spread about by the vibration of the engine at high rpms. That sounded much better than a leaking injection pump which goes for $5000. 

Having pass that hurdle, we relaxed for the rest of the day and look forward to warming temperatures on Tuesday.