Sunday, May 3 — This morning, Eric scoped out the Yacht Club’s amenities, which were very nice.
However, it was a fairly long walk from club house to the end of the dock, where Kosmos was berthed. No, that wasn’t a building in the distance, it was a cruise ship.
On his way back, he met the owners of a Nordhavn 57 that was on our dock. He went aboard their boat and talked to them for several hours. Christi joined them for an hour.
Continue readingFriday, May 1, 2026 continued… They took the straps off, then we backed out of the slip and headed south down the ICW. Thankfully we only had to wait 7-minutes for the first bridge to open.
As we feared, the ICW was busy on a Friday afternoon. Lots of speed boats zoomed by and several tiny boats came terrifyingly close to us, but now we’re jaded and don’t freak out when the boats get close like we used to. We were pleased to report that the ride to the Lake Worth inlet was uneventful.
Continued… In the April 12 post, we’d also on the mentioned we having the gaskets in three portholes and in the hatch for the chain locker replaced.
And we’d also mentioned that the last three original through hulls were also being replaced.
There were quite a few more things done in the yard that we haven’t mentioned before:
They replaced the hose from the main engine to the water heater. It was a two person job, required a lot of boat yoga, and was kind of messy. Eric was glad that project was done; he was worried about a getting a leak in the hose. They said the old hose was definitely ready to be changed. They replaced it with a much stronger hose than was there before.
The work that Eric was most excited about was that they connected the inverter to the air conditioning circuit and added a new switch. With this upgrade we can run one aircon unit at anytime with a simple switch at the aircon panel — this means we can run AC in the pilot house while at sea without having to turn the generator on. Or, when at anchor, we can run the AC downstairs for a few minutes before bed to make it more easier to fall asleep without having to run the generator and all the units. Since we find it difficult to function when it is hot and humid, this will be a major improvement to quality of life.
Dawn on Friday, May 1
Today was the 17th anniversary of the completion of circumnavigation. But it was a busy day, so we didn’t have much of a chance to reflect. Kosmos was supposed to be put back in the water today, so the first thing we did upon waking up was to pack up our stuff and check out of the hotel. We went to the boat and dropped off our stuff. We saw that the painting work was completed, but they hadn’t removed the plastic yet (more on the painting below).
Saturday, February 28 – Friday, March 6 — This week has been fun. On Saturday, we moved to Black Point. I had lunch at the yacht club with dad and two other Nordhavns. On Sunday, Traveler, Tangent and Agora arrived. We went to lunch at the yacht club, then went back and had dinner with everyone at the yacht club. We met another boat with kids called Driftwood.
Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, nous nous sommes déplacés à Black Point. J’ai mangé le déjeuner au yatch club avec papa et deux autres Nordhavns. Dimanche, Traveler, Tangent et Agora sont arrivés. On a mange le dejeuner au yatch club, et on a aussi mangé diner au yatch club avec tout le monde. On a rencontré un autre bateau avec des enfants qui s’appelle Driftwood.
