Titusville Marina - at a dock, at last

Our home for the winter

 One thing about hauling anchor at Bethune Park is that you have to budget time to get the mud off the chain. I have a wash down pump and it’s pretty effective but it still takes time to get rid of all the gooey stuff. Other than that, it was a very quiet night, good for catching up on sleep. 

This couple was doing some world class paddling. They were keeping up with us at 7.3 kts.
They switched sides in paddling in perfect synchrony. Amazing to watch.

The park has been renovated with new plantings, new sidewalks, and the dinghy dock is in good shape. I made three trips in with Hoolie. The outboard has now been certified to work as expected. The major thing left to be done is to get the autopilot working. I also lost one battery over the summer that needs to be replaced. Everything else is ready for cruising. 

We have the same dock as last year, near the end and on the north side It’s about as protected as you can get in Titusville Marina. We have no plans to move on to Key West this year, it’s getting crazy expensive down there and we just want to enjoy the warm weather - and Titusville is warm enough for us.