Captain’s Log Day 3.
The local trip was successful enough for us to continue heading South. We woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the anchorage. Our lithium battery bank was reasonably charged so we opted to conserve the propane at this point and used the induction stovetop and microwave to make breakfast. And coffee of course!
Art, Kelsey and Andy came over to say goodbye and wish us well. I reworked the dinghy lift straps to better fit our new dinghy, Hula Doll, then weighed anchor to head for Sarasota.
After missing the first bridge opening by 6 minutes🙄 we had lunch waiting for the next opening. If you’re 1 minute late, they won’t let you pass.
The breeze freshened from the north for a delightful, although chilly, downwind sail across Sarasota Bay arriving at Sarasota Yacht Club mid-afternoon. The new circuit breaker was waiting for us, which is a project for tomorrow morning. Thank you Amazon. I washed the boat as she was already pretty salty.
Traditionally when in Sarasota, we go to Tommy Bahamas for their “Million Dollar Mojitos”, but they were flooded from Hurricane Helene and still closed like so many of the places on the beach by us in St Pete. We opted to dine at the Sarasota Yacht Club which made us darn good Mojitos to cure our fix. We dined on the patio overlooking Hula Girl in the marina, who was adding a little color to the place. The lamb osso buco was impossible to pass up as was the macadamia crusted grouper for Alicia. I tried the Caymus Bonanza Lot 7 Cabernet which was pretty good.
Since we’re plugged into shore power tonight I wimped out and turned the furnace on to warm us up a bit after a slightly chilly dinner on the patio.
