A Rough End to a Good Day

We spent yesterday meandering down the ICW - all the way to our final Florida destination - Lake Worth - where we'll hopefully cross to the Bahamas in a day or two, weather permitting (YAY!!).

As we moved further south we saw signs of increasing wealth and huge homes, each with a yacht parked on the water nearby. There were many lift-bridges ... "sailing vessel Sea Change, Southbound, requesting passage" - with a parade of boats behind us, all heading to the same place.

All went well, until we reached the Marina in West Palm Beach, where will filled up with diesel and headed to our slip for the night. That's when calamity struck ... apparently, the mechanic who worked on our boat last year had not tightened up the nuts on the top of the fuel tank below, allowing fuel to flow directly into the aft cabin and out into the galley. Everything was covered with pink diesel and stinking of fumes!!

After two hours of sopping up the worst of it, we went to bed exhausted, and this morning will try to finish the job. Not exactly the way we had planned to celebrate our arrival here! Boats ....