We arrive at Dry Tortugas National Park and checkout Fort Jefferson. We fix a toilet issue and meet Joe and Ashley who followed us on instagram that ended up anchoring next to us. We then head out for Isla Mujeres Mexico.
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We head up to South Florida for Memorial Day Weekend with friends in the area as the US starts to open back up amid COVID-19. Then we begin preparations to leave the US for Mexico which opens back up to tourism on 8 June 2020.
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Follow us on our journey into the origins of true Southern Rock n Roll in Jacksonville and Green Cove Springs Florida as we track down the Lynyrd Skynyrd band locations! We explore the infamous Hell House where such timeless classics as Sweet Home Alabama,...
We head out to Snipe Point in the keys with S/V Asante and her crew! Getting our spear fishing skills honed, and discover a hookah system that lets us clean the bottom!
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We start to dabble with more fishing equipment in the marina to pass the time, and our cruiser friends on their Lagoon 2011 Lagoon 400 - ASANTE show up in Key West after leaving the Bahamas. Both crews are atrocious fishermen/women. With "real" tourist in ...
We leave Fort Lauderdale and make our way towards Key West for our first overnight sail with no one else onboard! The Corona Virus stipulations are changing daily, and we make it to the marina in the the beautiful Conch Republic less than 24 hours before i...
We finally start moving south towards the tropics after our 8 months of repairs and learning about how Full Send works. We motor most of the way down the coast of Florida through the Intercoastal Waterway (ICW) aka "The Ditch" in some cold windy weather un...
After getting all the sails back, we put the sails back up! Alan's mom visits from Tallahassee and we take a quick day sail with Alan’s mom and Bri, we were finally able to test our engine underway... No smoke at over 2300 rpms! We leave Green Cove Sprin...
Finally after 8 months on the hard trying to figure out how to fix all the problems on the boat, we splash back in the water with no leaks! We both feel immensely more comfortable with understanding how Full Sends Mechanical, plumbing, electrical, Structur...
Day trip out to shoot at the range in Osceola National Forest and taking that Jeep out mudding on the fire breaks.
Music: Rudy Willingham - Silk
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While waiting for our dingy to get delivered, which is our last big task before getting back in the water, we purchase our new outboard engine and get the name on the stern. We also finally find the root cause of our Nav light being to dim and replace a 5 ...
As we wait for a few funds to get transferred before we can buy our new dingy and outboard engine, we sell the old dingy that's literally falling apart at the seems. We begin some other saloon improvement projects to help stop items on our shelf from falli...
We punctured the return line while trying to tighten a bolt after bleeding the line of air, so we purchased a brand new return line and installed it.
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After successfully getting the saildrive back in, it was time to test the engine. We put the heat exchanger back on after testing the thermostat and replacing the bleed off valve that was stripped. The test turns out great, except Kruger broke the return f...
After waiting 4 weeks for saildrive parts, it turned out the dealer ordered the wrong ones. Reason being, we had a 130S top and a 120S bottom which neither they nor we noticed. The dealer did set us up with a used, but in good condition, lower saildrive fo...
While we wait 4 weeks for our sail drive parts to arrive, we take care of some smaller tasks that need to be done on Full Send before we splash back into the water. We also explore a little around the area visiting Fort Caroline National Monument, watching...
We start to tackle the biggest project of our repairs on land, the engine/saildrive⛵️. With the help of a manual and some 🖥 Youtubers who have gone before us, we are able to get the sail drive out in a day. But as we are cleaning everything to prep ...
Still not back in the water, we head to Philadelphia to see classmates and friends for the 2019 Army/Navy Game. We take the Friday before to check out some of Philly's best historic sites and famous Cheesesteak spots!!!
Big thanks to Nate aka Johnny Hopki...
A very technical episode where we dive into the final segment of the Autopilot (Autohelm) repairs for our Raymarine (Raytheon) Type 2 Rotary Drive. We also remove the heat exchangers on our Volvo Penta D2-55 to try to diagnose why we are getting white smok...
After a rough crossing from Puerto Rico to The Dominican Republic, we noticed a grinding in our wheel when the autopilot/autohelm was on. With no issues of the chain catching, we believed it was coming from the rotary drive unit.
After taking the Raymarin...
After 💨Hurricane Dorian💨 thankfully missed hitting us, we begin work on painting the bottom of ⛵️Full Send.⛵️ A process that included washing with laundry detergent, denatured alcohol, and taping all areas by the waterline we didn’t want to...
Our Autopilot (Autohelm) went out back in February when Full Send made the mona passage crossing from Puerto Rico to The Dominican Republic. Not knowing a thing about the device, and only finding one youtube video that had some idea of what goes on in ther...
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