On September 30 Serena Rose and her crew left the safety of Waterline Marina. It was late afternoon, so we planned to just go north of Pineda Causeway and anchor for the night, then venture on toward St. Augustine over the next 2-3 days. Well that’s not happening. Our first of many issues, is the high water in the ICW. We have a mast height clearance of 64’ , if the bridge clearance is 63.5 we will scrap and bend out lightning rod, 63’ will break our anchor light off and 62.5’ will hit the top of the mast and we don’t wont to go there. So! We bent our lighting rod over about 60 degree under Pineda Causeway and every bridge in Brevard county did not have any clearance markers on the south side of the bridges. This was a nail biting experience. We made it all the way to Daytona and stopped. Since the hurricane, moon phase and high wind, the bridge clearance at low tide is 62.5’. So now we are anchored in New Smyrna on the back side of the ICW across from the cut. Our second problem is the main system for the refrigerator is not running and we have use a good amount of fresh drinking water to run it. Now if that’s not enough excitement for you. On Sunday morning we pulled anchor around 7:30 and by 8:30 our bilge pump had gone off about 8 times. So upon inspecting the engine room for leaks. Kevin notice that two motor mount were broke and the engine is out of alignment, causing a steady leak off the shaft seal. After stopping and anchoring twice to check it, we made it passed all the bridges and anchored north of the 528 causeway. We debated turning around the next morning, but received a text and call from Melbourne stating with all the rain the night before the water level was up 2’. So now we can’t go south either, until the water levels drop. All and all this has probably been the worst four days of bad luck. As I was typing this blog, Kevin called St. Augustine Marina to let them know we will be a few days late. Now they state if we don’t make it by Sunday, then we can only stay a week and not the whole month. This just can’t get any worse. So here we sitting in New Smyrna inlet for the next three days to see if the water level goes down and then we will decided if we go North or South.
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
We are attempting to make it to St. Augustine.
On September 30 Serena Rose and her crew left the safety of Waterline Marina. It was late afternoon, so we planned to just go north of Pineda Causeway and anchor for the night, then venture on toward St. Augustine over the next 2-3 days. Well that’s not happening. Our first of many issues, is the high water in the ICW. We have a mast height clearance of 64’ , if the bridge clearance is 63.5 we will scrap and bend out lightning rod, 63’ will break our anchor light off and 62.5’ will hit the top of the mast and we don’t wont to go there. So! We bent our lighting rod over about 60 degree under Pineda Causeway and every bridge in Brevard county did not have any clearance markers on the south side of the bridges. This was a nail biting experience. We made it all the way to Daytona and stopped. Since the hurricane, moon phase and high wind, the bridge clearance at low tide is 62.5’. So now we are anchored in New Smyrna on the back side of the ICW across from the cut. Our second problem is the main system for the refrigerator is not running and we have use a good amount of fresh drinking water to run it. Now if that’s not enough excitement for you. On Sunday morning we pulled anchor around 7:30 and by 8:30 our bilge pump had gone off about 8 times. So upon inspecting the engine room for leaks. Kevin notice that two motor mount were broke and the engine is out of alignment, causing a steady leak off the shaft seal. After stopping and anchoring twice to check it, we made it passed all the bridges and anchored north of the 528 causeway. We debated turning around the next morning, but received a text and call from Melbourne stating with all the rain the night before the water level was up 2’. So now we can’t go south either, until the water levels drop. All and all this has probably been the worst four days of bad luck. As I was typing this blog, Kevin called St. Augustine Marina to let them know we will be a few days late. Now they state if we don’t make it by Sunday, then we can only stay a week and not the whole month. This just can’t get any worse. So here we sitting in New Smyrna inlet for the next three days to see if the water level goes down and then we will decided if we go North or South.
On September 30 Serena Rose and her crew left the safety of Waterline Marina. It was late afternoon, so we planned to just go north of Pineda Causeway and anchor for the night, then venture on toward St. Augustine over the next 2-3 days. Well that’s not happening. Our first of many issues, is the high water in the ICW. We have a mast height clearance of 64’ , if the bridge clearance is 63.5 we will scrap and bend out lightning rod, 63’ will break our anchor light off and 62.5’ will hit the top of the mast and we don’t wont to go there. So! We bent our lighting rod over about 60 degree under Pineda Causeway and every bridge in Brevard county did not have any clearance markers on the south side of the bridges. This was a nail biting experience. We made it all the way to Daytona and stopped. Since the hurricane, moon phase and high wind, the bridge clearance at low tide is 62.5’. So now we are anchored in New Smyrna on the back side of the ICW across from the cut. Our second problem is the main system for the refrigerator is not running and we have use a good amount of fresh drinking water to run it. Now if that’s not enough excitement for you. On Sunday morning we pulled anchor around 7:30 and by 8:30 our bilge pump had gone off about 8 times. So upon inspecting the engine room for leaks. Kevin notice that two motor mount were broke and the engine is out of alignment, causing a steady leak off the shaft seal. After stopping and anchoring twice to check it, we made it passed all the bridges and anchored north of the 528 causeway. We debated turning around the next morning, but received a text and call from Melbourne stating with all the rain the night before the water level was up 2’. So now we can’t go south either, until the water levels drop. All and all this has probably been the worst four days of bad luck. As I was typing this blog, Kevin called St. Augustine Marina to let them know we will be a few days late. Now they state if we don’t make it by Sunday, then we can only stay a week and not the whole month. This just can’t get any worse. So here we sitting in New Smyrna inlet for the next three days to see if the water level goes down and then we will decided if we go North or South.
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So here is my thought, you , Kevin and the crew all go to one side of the boat causing Serena Rose to lean a little on her side and the scoot under the bridges! Ya know like they do in sailboat races. Problem solved!�� patti .....
ReplyDeleteOh I wish it were that easy. Serena Rose is very heavy and it takes a lot to make her heal over. We did have a sail up with the 25 knot wind and she was only healed about 10 degrees. Not enough to make it under. Had to make a u turn at the last minute. Problem not solved. But hey, thanks for the thoughts. Hope you and family are doing well.
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