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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Some people are crazier than me

I'm cruising in a total downpour and I see these two blips on the radar. As I came closer, it's two kayakers paddling up the ICW.

Yesterday way a series of thunderstorms. The first one hit us hard and the windshield wiper assembly popped off and was just laying there. Great. Had to rely on radar and gps to poke my way up. In between storms, I spent my time on the deck trying to fix it, didn't really fix it but got it to stay on and wipe for a little while before it would pop off again.

Didn't get to turn on the autopilot today, the route was very twisty and turny requiring me to "drive" the whole time. By the time we reach Jekyll island, I was tired, wet, hungry. We docked and cleaned up everything, ate, then crashed. Now I'm up early, it's dark, and all of the boats around me are still sleeping. The only thing I can hear is little waves slapping the side of the boat. Having satellite tv comes in handy at times like this.

The weather looks good today so we should make some good progress through GA.