Eric’s Time in North Palm Beach/Christi and Keith’s Time in San Diego

Thursday, April 30 — As we’ve already reported, Kosmos was hauled out on Monday, April 13 to have assorted work done, mostly preventative maintenance. We’ll do a complete write up of the work done in a separate post. This is just a quick summary of how Christi, Eric and Keith spent their time while Kosmos was out of the water.

Eric spent the majority of the days onboard Kosmos. Each day, he looked at what was scheduled to be done and helped clear spaces for the workers, then put everything back away once they were done. He monitored the work that was being done and helped as much as was viable. As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, Eric was frustrated that he’d hurt his back and was unable to do as much boat work himself as he would have preferred. He began pursuing care. He visited a doctor and had tests run. Once he had an understanding of what the issue was, he began trying some strategies to help facilitate healing.

He tried a couple of new restaurants. One was a pizza place called DeSanos, which had real Italian thin crust pizzas, that he really liked. He also tried a breakfast restaurant called Sarah’s Cafe, located in the same shopping center as Doris and West Marine. Sarah’s was not bad, but he preferred Berries & More.

Christi and Keith flew to San Diego on April 16. Leaving Palm Beach.

Landing in San Diego

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Keith’s Perspective on Our Week in North Palm Beach and San Diego/Le point de vue de Keith sur notre semaine à North Palm Beach et à San Diego

Saturday, April 11 – Friday, April 17 — This week has been fun. On Saturday, Dad and I went for a walk. On Sunday, we didn’t do anything. On Monday, we checked into a hotel and moved some stuff there. We had dinner at a sushi place with Dad’s cousin, then we got ice cream for dessert. We slept at the hotel for the night. I did not like the hotel. 

Cette semaine était amusante. Samedi, papa et moi nous sommes promenés. Dimanche, on a rien fait. Lundi, on s’est enregistré à l’hotel, puis on a déplacé des choses dans la chambre. On a mangé le dîner à un restaurant de sushis avec le cousin de papa, puis on a  mangé une glace pour le dessert. On a dormi à l’hotel pour la nuit. Je n’aimais pas cet hôtel. 

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Seeing Tiki Tour in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Wednesday, April 13 — Johnny and Joanne had recommended a breakfast/brunch restaurant in the same shopping center as Jeremiah’s called Berry Fresh Cafe. They had some unique menu items, both in terms of foods and beverages, that piqued our interest. The portions were huge and the food was fantastic. Keith ordered the Chorizo Crunch Wrap, which was a grilled tortilla stuffed with scrambled eggs, bacon, chorizo sausage, bacon, regular sausage, ham, cheddar and chipotle cream sauce. It was served with salsa on the side. Eric ordered the Nashville Chicken Biscuit, which had pimiento cheese, pickle slices, chicken tenders, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce served on a biscuit.

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Hauling Out at Seminole Boat Yard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

The sunrise on Sunday, April 12, 2026 was mostly blocked, but a sliver of sun managed to peep out from behind the clouds.

Saturday, Sunday and Monday were quiet days. We spent all three days doing chores around the boat in preparation for the haul out. We did lots of odds and ends, such as cooking up everything in the refrigerator that wouldn’t last for a couple of weeks and removing the storm plates from the windows. Last week, Eric had turned off the generator through-hull and opened up the generator so that the raw water pump could be changed. He got confirmation that it would be changed in the yard, so he put the generator back together and turned the through hull back to open on the off chance that it may need to be run. Someone came to pump out the blackwater tank. Eric and Keith also cleaned up rust stains that we’d noticed around the boat.

On Monday afternoon, we checked into a motel near the marina. It certainly wasn’t fancy, but it was the best deal in the area in terms of value for the money. Last year, this motel had been booked and Eric had been forced to stay farther away. He was happy about being closer this year.

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Keith’s Perspective on Our Week in North Palm Beach, Florida

Saturday, April 4 – Friday, April 10 — This week has been boring. On Saturday, we layed low for most of the day. We had dinner with the leader of the Ocean Posse and some of his friends. Some other boaters joined us later on. On Sunday, we went to Dad’s cousin’s house for Easter dinner. The food was good but other than that it was boooorrrrriiiiiiinnnnnnggggggg. At one point we went for a walk and saw at least a dozen rabbits. 

Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Cette semaine était ennuyante. Samedi, on n’a pas fait beaucoup de choses. On a mangé le dîner avec le chef d’Ocean Posse et ses amis. D’autres marins nous ont rejoints. Dimanche, nous sommes allés à la maison du cousin de papa pour un dîner de Pâques. La nourriture était bonne mais tout le reste était ennuyant. A un moment nous sommes allés nous promener, et on a vu beaucoup de lapins. 

Museum of Discovery and Science in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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