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02/03/08 - All systems go:

Finally got Kokopelli Too out for an overnight trip after all the boatyard work. We brought her up to the anchorage just off Useppa Island near Cabbage Key. Our old friend Memo was back from Columbia and working at Cabbage again. Boomer came up for a visit by boat. Betsy & I did some exploring via dinghy and I got some nice bird pictures. We also got to check out all the new batteries, inverter, alternator and even our new riding sail that Jay Hanks of Allerton Harbor Canvas made us a while back. The new Balmar 100 alternator charges up the batteries quite a bit faster than the old one. It's nice not to have to run the engine for so long. All in all it was a nice quiet weekend at anchor. Even Molly the cat got back into life onboard.

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** NOTE - For log entries between April & June, please read our Bahamas Cruise log **

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07/26/08 - New Jib!

Now that we're back from the Bahamas and there's a break in teh tropical storm forecasts, we thought we'd use our friend Vinny's visit up as an excuse to try out the new jib that our good friend Waldo (also known as David Parr from Calibre Sails in NZ) made us. Even though we've got this sail (and the mainsail that he also made us) just before our trip to the Bahamas, we figured we'd use and abuse the old sails for the trip and save the new ones for when we returned.

This new jib is just terrific. It looks so much better than the old one ever did. Waldo really knows how to make great sails. Even the little details like the leech line control that leads down to the tack so you can adjust it without having to hang out over the lifelines! Thanks Waldo!

Our new Calibre Sails jib.

10/10/08 - New main!

Another day for a test drive. The boat has been sitting at the dock now all stripped down for hurricane season for too long. It was time to get her off the dock. No nasty weather on the horizon (or on the National Weather Service web site) and the bottom just cleaned - time to go sailing!

Another reason to go out was to finally test out the new mainsail that Waldo made us. We were waiting to put it on until we got a new mainsail bag (the old Neilpryde one that came with the boat finally gave into the Florida sun). Luckily our great friend Jay Hanks that owns Allerton Harbor Canvas in MA made us a beautiful new one out of Sunbrella that should last much longer. Now that we have this to protect our new main, it was time to put it all together and get on the water. It was fairly light air today but still a good day to break in sails, etc.

The new main hoisted without any problems and looked great. Love the shape. If the wind had stayed from the south we might have even been able to hoist our cruising chute and had all of our Calibre Sails inventory up at the same time!

01/01/09-1/03/09 - Happy New Year!

Another year has come. Finally took the boat off the dock for a weekend stay off Useppa Island & Cabbage Key. Molly came along for the trip and seemed to settle right back into her boat routine. Not much of a breeze for the trip up or back, only got to roll out the jib on the way up and motor all the way back.

Had visitors over the course of the three days we were at anchor. Boomer brought Bert with him by boat to say hello the first day. We were joined by the irish contigent (Anton, Cathy, Sinead & Darah) on their boat for a bit also. The following day we discovered that the outboard for the dinghy wouldn't run so we prepared to spend the day on the boat reading and fishing. That was until the irish gang showed up again to take us to lunch in Bokeelia and then stopped by again later after they went fishing.

Another nice weekend at anchor...need to do it more often.