Honah Lee 2

It’s been a little over 3 months since we left Crysler park marina in Morrisburg. We’ve had many learning curves, including some mistakes, a few scratches, mechanical woes, cold weather but also some triumphs, good times, good laughs and have learned so much in that short period of time (also felt longer sometimes) and have met many wonderful people along the way. Now we are slightly burnt out and in need of some R and R as well as finishing our upgrades and repairs that we didn’t get to  complete at the  “Sketchy” marina. Thanks to some sailing friends who told us about a marina in northern Florida, we have decided to dock our boat for a month, enjoy Christmas and New Year at this Yacht club. This is a 5 star marina with access to resort facilities at a one star price. We have so many pools to chose from, spas and fitness centers just to name a few amenities. It’s an absolute gem, not advertised. We basically have the place to ourselves....guess it’s too cold for Florida ...

We finally arrived in Florida after almost 3 months on the water. We have been taking our time, stopping here and there, then took the longer route around the Chesapeake Bay to avoid the Atlantic Ocean. So we are cruising  down the ICW all the way to Miami. Before going further south we decided to go to a working marina in northern Florida to do some upgrades, repair our scratch and order parts on line. Arriving in Jacksonville we were getting beaten up by 30 knot winds. The only bridge that we needed to get open for us broke down half way up. We thought the bridge was fully opened so started to gun it to go through. The bridge tender was on the radio giving instructions that we weren’t hearing because of the wind so she rushed out of the booth and was waving furiously to avoid us loosing the mast. Close call!  Up to now, all the bridge tenders told us to go ahead and come under the bridges when it’s safe. When this bridge stopped lifting we assumed it was at it’s maximum ...