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08:30  up Anchor

10:40  St. Lucy outer marker

13:35  N27 00.822  W080 01.661  4K 140T 
    flying spinnaker

14:30  N26 56.756  W079 59.701  3K 161T
    spinnaker

14:37  N26 56.487  W079 59.630  3K 180T
    spinnaker

17:15  N26 49.242  W080 01.109  3.8K 193T 
    motoring Spinnaker down.

17:35  N26 48:542  W080 01.055  3K 186T 
    main & Gennoa out.

20:22  N26 38.567  W080 00.646  3.7K 180T
    33.1 NM to Port Everglades outer marker.

22:20  N26 32.345  W080 00.405  4.5K 195 GPS
    27 NM to Port Everglades outer marker.

23:47  N26 26.861  W080 67.481  2.9K 195 GPS
    21.4 NM left

01:32 N26 22.907  W080 02.733  3.0K 195 GPS
    17.4 NM left.
    No wind started motor & motor sailed.

02:26 N26 20.077  W080 03.301  3.5K 190 GPS
    14.6 NM left.

06:38  Dropped sails, motor only.  Passing anchorage @ port everglades.

06:45 17th street bridge

07:45  Docked

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23 hrs

2 days totals:
36:30 GPS sailing hours
174 NM GPS
24.1 engine hours  Used about 1/4 tank.
   

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I wanted to go to the Latitudes and Attitudes party in Stuart and invited one of my friends (Yanek) and someone that asked to sail with us (Anya) on the Lats and Atts BBS.  Yanek showed up really sick on the boat with what turned out to be 24 hr flue.  He really wanted to go and promised he would help when we really needed it.  Anya was game to try to handle my boat at sea at night alone as long as I found a place close to sleep in case she needed me.  I didn’t want anyone sleeping down below where Yanek was, so I decided we would go ahead and go.
Little did I know I had just found a great sailing partner, and a good friend in Anya.

2/21/04 from Dock to Stuart
    crew Yanek and Anya

19:15 Leave dock

20:00 17th Street bridge

20:20 Port Everglades outer marker

21:24 N26 07.060  W080 03.889  5K motor sailing 56T 2500rpm 
    Looking for the gulfstream - Ray on watch

23:28 N26 17.363 W079 59.173  6.7K motor sailing
    20.6 NM done.    Light winds

2/22/04

02:50 N26 42.000 W079.54.000 engine shut down.  SAILING!  5.7K water 8K GPS

06:05 N27 05.274 W79 56.591 7.5K GPS 
    11.5Nm to St. Lucy inlet.  Started engine to aid in pointing.

07:20 N27 07.702 W080 01.555  4K 286T
    6.5NM to St. Lucy.  Motor sailing, reefed main.

08:30 St. Lucy Bouy

10:15 Docked @ soutport

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15 hrs

Anya did Great!   Pulled watches by herself while I slept in the cockpit.

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