It's an inauspicious start when the engine won't! Seems the summer on the hard roasted the batteries. Fortunately there's enough juice to start the genset. With it on, and the Trace charger putting out 100A, the Cummins started right up.
With fewer systems working than we'd like we push away from the safety of the Yard and head towards Cayo Costa.
It takes 1-1/2 hours to exit the estuary that the yard is in. The last hurdle before hitting open water is a lock. It's a self operated affair that drops us about 2'.
The anchor is down by 1430 and we're off to walk the beautiful beach. The dinghy, its reworked engine, and new depth sounder works perfectly.
On the hook at Cayo Costa, FL. 28nm today. DBH
