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We had a great couple of days in Fernandina Beach except
that our refrigeration died. Not bad after 9 years of service. We took
quite a bit of sea water into the refrigeration compartment, that it
finally quit. We had a great time with the crew of Maggie Rose (Jack
and Jo) checking out the town. But finally, we had to say farewell as
they took the inside route south and we left for Canaveral on the
outside (weather discouraged a trip to Fort Pierce). Our trip was
uneventful as the weather was kind and the journey was less than 24
hours. We stopped at Cape Marina (Voyage 2000) and fueled up. We went
through the barge bridge and lock. We looked like Laurel and Hardy
going though the lock (hey locks are not our thing).
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We arrived at Whitley Marina at 1430 yesterday.
We had a bit of a delay getting here because of bridge work on the FL
state 528 highway. They closed the channel under the bridge due to
construction. However, the tug boat captain cleared the way and we were
soon heading south towards the marina. Later that day, Bob and Barbara
(former crew of SV Barbobasea) came by to spend the night on Jule III.
They with their first mate, Rudder, had fun on Jule III and checking out
the sights here at Cocoa. They were kind enough to drive us to some of
our needed provisioning points.
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Rudder was the hit of the Jule III crew. He provided us
our needed 'doggy fix' as it has been well over a week since we saw our
'kids'. We discovered a diesel leak on the engine which caused a little
panic. However, we soon found the cause ( a leak in the injector return
hose) and quickly fixed it. Bob and Barb took us engine part shopping
and we treated them to our favorite Cuban restaurant, Roberto's of Cocoa
Beach. After a great lunch, we parted company until they visit us in
the Bahamas.
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We heard from Adam (an old employee and friend) who
recently moved to Melbourne. We invited him to the boat for drinks and
a visit to historical Cocoa. It was great seeing him and chatting about
old times. Adam was an old crew member on Jule III while he was
interning with the Advanced Research Corporation. Small world! Hope to
see him on the trip back!
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We decided to be lazy and stay one more day in Cocoa and
relax before heading for Fort Pierce. We headed for the old hardware store,
and bought a new space heater (contrary to Florida propaganda, it gets cold here),
and a new hose for our wash down pump. Nice place. We'll come again to visit.
But now we must get ready for our trip to Fort Pierce.
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