The Marathon to Marathon….

7 long days and 200 miles after we left Apollo Beach with Maranatha, we arrived in Marathon.  We're back in Keys Fisheries where we had left only two weeks before.  It feels SO good to be back here.

Wookie bounded off the boat and went crazy.  Can you blame him?  I was going crazy too, and I wasn't the one forced to pee on astro turf all week!

Now we've got some final prep to do before we can go to customs.  After a week of sailing, we discovered a few things that we'd be wise to replace, before we cross the gulf stream.  We've been told that things are really hard to get in the Bahamas, and we don't want to have to be scrounging for parts when we get there.

To do:

Provision the boat (TP in the Bahamas is CRAZY expensive)

Get Wookie's Health Certificate no sooner than 7 days before we reach the Bahamas

Replace a light on the mast

Replace the boat batteries
Get a spare alternator
Find out why our motor only revs to 1800rpm

Get an additional anchor and more chain

Fuel up and fill the three water tanks

Get a new seal for the water pump
Un-document the boat with the U.S. Coast Guard

Register the boat in Florida, pay the sales tax and get the title

Get insurance

Buy charts and cruising guide for the Bahamas

Plan our route

Get yellow quarantine flag for the boat

Find a dinghy

Tighten the shrouds and the backstay

We can do all this in 7 days……..I think……….