| DATE: MAY 28
| TIME START: 1105
| CRUISE FROM MIAMI, FL
| CRUISE TO NORTH EAST, M |
| ENGINE HOURS
START: 1453 | ENGINE HOURS
FINISH: 1623.4
| SEA CONDITIONS | WEATHER CONDITIONS |
JOURNAL
Well how to start this one? In the middle of April Bob started having what he calls “heart events”. His “heart events” started happening often. They started causing him pain almost every 15 to 20 minutes. We decided to go to the doctor in Marsh Harbor. The Doctor put him on an ekg machine. The doctor turned the machine on and abruptly shut it down and called the air ambulance to fly us to Nassau. Once there, they took one look at his heart and sent us to Miami FL. When we got to the hospital they kept him sedated for about a week. They did a bypass operation. When fully recovered, Sue flew to Mangoes in Marsh Harbor to meet up with a friend of ours, Chuck Lilly. Chuck flew down to Marsh Harbor and the two of them brought the boat to Miami. While they were bringing the Butorfleoge to Miami Bob had a set back. When they got to the hospital Bob was placed on all kinds of machines and Bob was completely sedated. He stayed that way for a week. Once he recovered, he went back to the boat to build his strength up. After three weeks of lying around the boat, John Miller flew down and helped get the boat back to Maryland.
On May the 28th, we left Miami. We left the marina at 1105 in the morning. We headed out to sea for some quick blue water traveling. On Friday we went into Fernandina Beach for fuel. We went back out in the ocean and headed for Cape Fear. We got back in at Cape Fear on Sunday. We had to come back in there because the seas were very rough and we saw some waves that were at least 10 feet. We then spent the night in Southport Harbor, NC. From this point on we stayed on the I.C.W. We went to Mile Hammock Bay and anchored for the night. We then left Mile Hammock Bay and went to Oriental NC. We stayed in the marina because Bob could not get into a dinghy. With the Bypass surgery he could not climb in and out of the dinghy. The next day we went to the Alligator River Marina and stayed the night. When we left the marina, we headed towards the Albemare Sound. We traveled close to the magenta line for the I.C.W. We ran aground. It was a soft grounding and we got off with very little trouble. We then went to the left of the line and bumped again. We went to the right of the line and bumped again. We started heading back when we saw a trawler coming our way. The trawler offered to assist us getting the boat through the shoaling part. We went from green buoy to green buoy. This made us run across a part on the chart and on the chart plotter that was supposed to be 5 feet deep. It was 12 feet deep and we made it with no problems what so ever. We then went to Centerville Marina. From Centerville we went to Fishing Bay on the Chesapeake Bay. We anchored there for the night. From there we went to Annapolis MD. We stayed on the hook and the next morning we went to the North East Yacht Club. We stayed there for two days and then moved the boat to Bay Boat Works. When we get the boat hauled, we will check on the bottom to see how long we need to be on the hard. The trip took a total of 12 days from Miami FL to North East MD. This adventure is over and we are getting the boat ready for the next adventure. (with out the heart events, hopefully) We will do a weekly posting on the progress of the boat while getting the boat ready for the next adventure.
