Day 16

Well, we are here at last in the lovely spot of Admirals Cove at our friends Nancy and Bill Schneider; our great friends who have been so hospitable and generous to have us stay on their dock outside their beautiful home. Wish we could show you a photograph but not up to that blog technology yet!

We left Vero Beach at 9am to start down our last stretch of the journey to Jupiter. As we got out into the channel we saw a boat run aground and BoatUS getting ready to assist. Should have been a warning for us, as you can guess we managed to touch the bottom ourselves about 10 minutes later trying to get around a sailboat which had anchored in the ICW to do some repairs! Graeme manoeuvered the boat back and forth and we were able to get underway again but one of the pods was not working properly (lucky we have two of them!). So we carried on with the one engine and pod. Prayers were being said, as to lose a pod is not a good scenario. The pods are designed shear off if they hit something. Graeme turned off the engine and put the throttle back into neutral, then turned the key to start the engine and miraculously everything came back to normal! So we carried on and were soon entering the Jupiter Island area. Again amazing houses one after another just like Vero Beach.

The water changed color to a lovely blue green tone. It felt like we were in the Bahamas again Arrived at the dock in Admirals Cove with Bill's friendly face greeting us and a New Zealand flag flying at the end of the dock! What a welcome! We cleaned the boat from top to bottom with Bill's help. Had a lovely dinner with some freshly caught Spanish Mackerel fish Nancy was given and she cooked simply with olive oil and spices. Delicious!

End of the day and now a break till we head to Virginia again on December 8th.