One of the benefits of staying at the Halifax Harbor Marina is the fireworks. The Daytona Tortugas, a Minor League Baseball team, have their baseball stadium right next to the marina. And with almost every home game, there are fireworks. Our boat just happens to be positioned such that…
We have spent the last month settling in, gradually getting things done on the boat. The fiberglass has been repaired from our fender bender. We are now on diesel mechanic time, which is even less predictable and scheduled than Mexican or Island time. He will be fixing the strap on the…
With the boat safely settled in to Halifax Harbor Marina in March, we returned to Mount Dora to wrap things up before our big move-in day on April 2nd. It was a busy month with kids doing school, spending time socializing with friends on their Spring Breaks, and with me…
We had a fender bender on Wonderstruck. No, this had nothing to do with the bridge issue. We were pulling away from the dock at Caribbean Jacks with quite a crowd of friendly boaters helping us with lines and waving us off. Kim was driving, we released the lines and…
While planning our trip we counted 13 bridges on the ICW from Jacksonville to Halifax Harbor Marina in Daytona. While the boat was in St John’s boatyard getting repaired from the wreck we also got other needed boat work done including replacing all the standing rigging and safety lines. The…
At last we got the all clear from the boatyard to move the boat away from Jacksonville and take it to its new home in Daytona. We left early in the morning without a hitch and traveled down the Intracoastal Waterway. We got to see historic downtown St. Augustine from…
After months of work in the St John’s Boatyard we finally got to launch Wonderstruck. Not only was the fiberglass repaired (obviously), but we now have a new engine, new batteries, new inverter, new water maker, new autopilot, multiple new pumps, wiring, etc and she is ready for sea…