PARTY TIME

Carolyn and I want to thank all the wonderful people in Palacios, Tx. As we were preparing to leave on our adventure along with friends Pam and Steve, the four of us were treated to a going away party. Here are a few pictures.

Thank you all and Carolyn and I miss all of you.

PS. We will be leaving Lake Charles and heading for Intercoastal City and Morgan City. I know Steve and Pam are right behind us so we expect you guys to catch up.

Lake Charles

Dolphin in the Calcaseu River

Carolyn motoring down the ICW

Galveston


Friends Jim and Terry on Felicity

Lots of platforms and wellheads in the Gulf

We are now in Lake Charles. We had little to no wind coming out of Palacios and had to motor to Freeport. The next day was the same and we went down the ICW to Galveston. From there we tried outside again and only managed to get to Cameron, La. So we went up the river to Lake Charles. It looks like we will be doing the ditch from here to Miss.

Hi everyone, sorry for the long time between blogs. Carolyn and I have been working feverishly to finish preparations on Moondance in order to leave for Florida around mid Nov. I'm having trouble downloading pictures but did manage to get three .Moondance in her slip and ready to go.

The Palacios Yacht Club

Serindipity Marina in Palacios, Tx.

Carolyn and I want to thank everyone for their support and good wishes for our trip. Our trip will bring us to the Florida Keys and then to the Bahamas and south. We are presently waiting for a weather window which should open up tomorrow behind this large front that is passing over now. We are going to sail directly to the keys from here provided the weather is good. Of course we have a plan B which is south to Mexico or plan C which is north to somewhere along the Gulf coast. We will update the site when we get to the keys.

Carolyn and I have successfully hauled out Moondance and Carolyn gave her a bottom job while I pulled the shaft and replaced the stuffing box hose. We got her in the water and went for a ride and Steve and his wife Pam came along but unfortunantly the the stuffing box was still getting hot. This was a problem before. Well to make things short Steve, Charl and I spent time trying to figure out why it would run hot and between Steve and Charl the solution was found. It was a combination of the shaft not being centered in the shaft tube and rubbing on the side and being slightly out of alignment. After it was all done everything was running cool and straight. Just one more step closer to cutting the dock lines. With luck we will be sailing off in the beginning of Novenber.