Being towed down the ditch for 5 hours on a
windy, cold, rainy day doesn’t sound like a lot of fun. But there have been
some definite upsides …
First, because of the weather, there are
fewer boats on the water, making it easier for us. Also, we’re heading to where
we wanted to go today, and since we don’t have to navigate, we can really enjoy
looking at all the gorgeous homes on the Waterway. Since this tow is costing us
nothing, we’re especially enjoying the ride!
At one point, Captain John, in the towboat,
called me on the VHF radio when I was at the helm (we needed to steer a bit to
keep the boat following in a straight line). He said, “look to your right, and
you’ll feel better about your situation …”. What I saw was a large sailboat on
its side on the beach - oops! That’ll be
an interesting insurance claim – I hope they have insurance.
So we’re an hour outside of Daytona, where
we can be hauled to fix the damaged rudder. We expect that’ll be covered by
insurance – but it’ll eat up more of the few weeks we have left to get the boat
to the Bahamas. Ah well, as they say – “when life gives you lemons, make
lemonade”.
We’re about to make hot rum toddies, rather
than lemonade – but you get the point J.
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