Judy here. I thought I would be the one posting the blogs, but Matt started and (1) he seems to enjoy it, and (2) he is doing such a good job. I did want to write a little from a woman's point of view.
Even though it is a "luxury yacht", it is still just like a house -- it needs to be cleaned, laundry needs to be done, meals need to be made, dishes need to be washed, etc. Well, we are lucky enough to have a Central Vacuuming system, a washer and dryer, an oven, a cook top, a microwave oven and a dishwasher. We have figured out how to use all of them. It was a little hard to get used to the size of a "galley". I had such a nice sized kitchen in Hilton Head -- don't take for granted your drawers, cabinets and counter spaces! I am very good at organizing and have managed to use our areas to the best possible capacity. It's been fun. I've made some nice meals so far and hope to continue to cook and even do some baking.
We are back to having glorious weather here in Florida. Last week it got very cold (low 50's) with lots of clouds. It was getting a little depressing, but today . . .
We had an interesting day yesterday. The captain we are paying for training came at 10:00 and we practiced taking the dinghy on and off the boat using the davit. It takes a little coordination, but it will just take practice. Then we took the Monkey Business out. This is the first time we've been out since we arrived in Stuart. Matt was at the helm. We went out into the St. Lucie River for a while, then came back into the marina and went to an empty area and practiced docking. Matt backed in to 3 different slips (stern in) and drove forward (bow in) into 2. Then we went to the fuel dock where he pulled into a smallish area in front of another boat already being fueled. He was great each and every time. Practice will make perfect, as they say. While at the fuel dock, we took on 800 gallons of diesel fuel. That should last us quite a long while -- we hope. Also, we had the holding tank pumped out. For those non-boaters among you, a holding tank is what holds . . . well, you can take a guess.
We are getting used to "marina living" again. There is lots of activity around here with all the boaters. Their season is just now beginning so new boats arrive every day. There is a restaurant associated with the marina that has live bands several nights of the week. We now hear lots of music. We are getting into all the Jimmy Buffett and islandy music.
We have been invited for wine on two different boats. Both couples are very friendly and knowledgeable of boating and areas to travel to. We have learned a lot.
Well, that's about it for now. We are trying to figure out how to let you know when a new posting has been made (if you care to know -- several have asked) and hopefully that information will be coming shortly.
Until next time . . .
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