Short trip this morning to Amelia Island where my cousin Bill and his wife Debbie lives. Had planned to leave early, but rain and a thunderstorm rolls through the area and we wait until 10:00 AM until it passes. We leave, but it started raining briefly, again. It looks like the rain will stop for the next hour or so to make it to the Amelia Island Yacht Basin.
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| One of many sailboats still high and dry around Fernandina |
We motor along slowly, because the alternator belt is slipping and squealing at normal cruising speed. I will change the belt tomorrow.
As we get to the marina and head to the fuel dock it starts raining again, then thunder and lightning. We decide to leave the boat and wait out the storm in the marina office instead of on the fuel dock. After this storm passes we fuel up and pumpout the holding tank.
My cousin Bill stops by and after another stop in the rain, helps us get to boat off the fuel dock so I can take it to our slip. The fuel dock is poorly located and it is rather difficult to get the boat turned around, to motor to the slip in this wind. We visit for a couple hours and later he and his wife Debbie picks us up to go out to dinner where we meet his sister, my other cousin, Jan. Had some very good Shrimp and Grits for dinner.
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