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Jun 30 2004 Trip to the Bahamas

Jun 30

Watching for coral and rocks. Ray at helm of svDoric svDoric at anchor

09:35 -68Ahrs (AD)

10:00 Started motor for departure

15:20 Anchor down & set deep- Anya dove it 9′ here 25 36.790N 77 44.035W GPS Anchor alarm set. Sailed last hour. Passed island & had to run back.

21:20 -155Ahrs tightened Alt belt. 66A @2K no squeal :-) Yeay! Can charge while motoring.

Jun 29 2004 Trip to the Bahamas

Jun 29th

Ray getting Hooka ready for some bottom cleaning. relaxing at sunset

09:30 -128Ahrs

16:15 -153Ahrs Ran Gen for battery charge & water 25G used.

18:00 -47Ahrs shut down Gen. 16Amps Charging. (13/16 gen fuel)

18:00 -47Ahrs Started engine @ 117.1 hrs to finish chg 5/8 fuel

21:30 -31Ahrs shut engine off. Must fix slipping belt!

Jun 28 2004 Trip to the Bahamas

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA to Berrie Islands, Bahamas Continued….
Crew: Anya ENGINE HRS START: 82.8

$300.00 customs
$52.56 Dock

13:50 Left dock -warped the nose out easy as can be. :-) light rain for 10 minutes just before we left. Cool, nice.
14:00 Stuck on sand bar. Missed channel. :-( used 25hp dink to help pull us off. GREAT! out great harbor cay marina cut and start a wonderful day.
19:00 Anchor down -CQR would not set (hard sand & grass) so put down fortress. Tangs only half buried but 10′ with 90′ of rope out 9 to 1 will hold. Caught 2 fish by Lil Stirrip Cay. Barracuda first, then as Anya started cleaning, got second fish. Froze second as reserve meat and got 5 barracuda steaks. 2nd fish was a blue runner.
21:30 -80Ahrs -used windless a while.