M I A M I

We landed in Miami on March 18th dragging 5 large bags tied to each other, train style. Stardust arrived a little late due to the Mississippi flooding. She had to go up river to unload in New Orleans before heading to Miami. So we waited a few more days for the Portuguese cargo-ship upon which she rode.

We spent a majority of the time sitting in Miami traffic between stops at West Marine, Home Depot, and Trader Joes.

There was a few complications with the boat, like a hole in the floor, a crack in the gel coat (where boatyard bumped her into the dock), a leaking valve in the sewage tank thru hull, and some others... but we are blown away with how beautiful this boat is.

It's a strange feeling being the nicest boat in the mooring field! Stardust is 42 years younger than our last sailboat, which was a CSY 44 (still for sale.) We don't even know what to do with all the room we have. It's incredible. And to think I gave a lot of things away before heading to Miami from St. Martin. There is so much room, if I hadn't maxed out my credit cards on boating equipment, I'd be taking advantage of the Target down the road.

After a few weeks, we are thrilled to get out of the murky Miami water and head into that Bahama Blue. Back to the islands before we depart north for the season.