Fireworks!
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…
Settling in at Halifax Marina in Daytona
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…
Moving Day April 2, 2016
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…
The Fender Bender
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…
Bridge problem
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…
Moving South
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…
She Floats
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…
St John’s boatyard
The boat is on the hard being repaired at the St Johns Boatyard in Jacksonville, FL. The boat will remain there and the different specialists will come and do the repairs. Basically the hole will be fixed as well as all the gouges and gelcoat damage on the starboard side…
The Hole in the boat
Here’s the culprit. A hole the size of a nerf football below the waterline in the starboard stern of the boat. What really did us in was the second hole in the form of a deep gouge just in front of the bulkhead. The boat is build with fore and…
Assessing the damage
The next morning we drove out to the marina to assess the damage. The Sea Tow Captains had stayed on the boat all night monitoring the water level. We had friends drive up from Central Florida to help us unload the boat. I got a U-Haul trailer and we started…