S/V Roshambo, Stuart, Florida

We've been bouncing back and forth (not literally as of late) as to which marina we were going to move too. Most marinas evacuate if a hurricane is headed our way, the only one that doesn't is Harborage in stuart, however they are in the crap water of the saint lucie river, we lived there when we were at the Southpoint Anchorage. Anyhow, we really want to move to the Marriott marina on Hutchinson, they have a lot of nice services and a very nice marina.

Again, the videos we shot during the storm are here http://shellbackventures.com/fay I hastily edited them, so they arent great, but i cut out the real bad shots LOL

Anyhow, things have calmed down here and all in all things didn't turn out too bad, we spent the long two days on the boat, I went over 40 hours without sleep, retieing the boat every hour, checking lines for wear, etc, etc.... the rest of the people in the marina huddled in the storage unit building.

All things considered, not too bad. I'll get more updates asap.

Well Nettles Island is no place to be in a southern blow, it's exposed to the south and the docks are pretty rickety. We've been fairing well, but it's been a long couple of days, I have now been up for 42 hours, tying lines, checking pilings and worrying.... lots of worrying.

The dinghy fell of the davits and sunk, i managed to tie it to the pilings in the empty slip next to us, pilings are moving 1 to 2 feet when there's a good blow, so the lines have got to be given some attention when they go slack.

I do think so, we are pretty much decided to move to the Indian River Plantation Marina at the Hutchinson Island Marriott. We like it, the docks are nicer, the water is deeper, they have a lot of amenities. We docked here for fuel prior to going to the bahamas and liked the marina.... of course the dockmaster remember us from our white knuckle 55 knot wind docking attempt!

yay, not much else to report.

Renters moved out and left the place a shithole so we're working on that project, nothing exciting to report.

Not up yet, only cost me $220, Scott Loomis at doyle sail of the treasure coast did a great job. Hopefully get the sail up next week, our renters moved out so we will be spending the week getting the house cleaned up and re-rented.

Dropped the staysail off at the Treasure Coast Doyle shop, getting it resewn and the luff edge repaired. Hopefully have it back end of next week. I am still in the process of taking the roller apart and am going to try and get new bearings for it.

They've been pretty much dead for the last year or better, only hold about half the charge they should have so I replaced them!

That's always as much fun as expected, anytime i work on the head it's miserable. Showered with dial handsoap then regular soap, double wash LOL