Monday, May 4, 2009


Location: 26.52.14N/82.18.38W The photo is compliments of Nancy Brewster. We are finally underway and the boat ran great. Boca Grand bridge opens only on the hour and half hour so we had to pick up our pace and once again Persistence got up on plane. We are fully loaded
for the trip and the boat got up on plane with no difficulty. We made the bridge on time and settled back to our 10 mph pace. We pulled into Palm Island Marina to top off our fuel tanks and we noticed the generator was not running. Tom did some trouble shooting assuming that somehow fuel was the problem. It's doesn't look like fuel and fortunately Marine Max is on site at Palm Island so their mechanic will be here in the morning.
Sometimes divine intervention steps in and Tom was going into withdrawal for not being on the computer all day. He discovered that he left the wireless modem at home. We called Nancy and Gary Brewster and they came to Tom's rescue. Gary stopped by to pick up the wireless modem and Gary and Nancy joined us for dinner at Leverocks. Had the generator started again we would have been long gone and Tom would be looking for a tin can and string to try to connect with the Internet. We had a nice evening with good friends and Tom is online once again.

5 comments:

  1. Tom&Mary.. nice ride to both of you, our best wishes for the trip, calm seas and cruise save to TN.
    Adi-Surabaya.

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  2. Hello Adi, this should be a good geography lesson for your kids in Indonesia. Hello to Stephanie and Stanley.

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  3. Good Luck this morning........hope that MM will be able to help & you will be on your way. Enjoyed dinner with you last night. Nancy & Gary

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  4. Glad to see you back in touch with the WWW. Our best wish for atrouble free trip.

    Charlie & Cynthia C.

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  5. LOL...a tin can and string. I can't see that working too well. Everything happens for a reason, right?

    Love you guys, hope you're back out on the water and feeling free.

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