Monday, Monday...

"Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?" Fanny Crosby
Monday, Mar. 29, Dinner Key Marina, Cocoa Beach/Miami, FL
Well, we made it to Miami! On Saturday! Here's how it went:
Day 1: Daytona Beach on ICW
Day 2: Titusville on ICW
Day 3: Rest Day - visited NASA/Cape Canaveral
Day 4: Vero Beach on ICW
Day 5: To Ft. Pierce on ICW into Atlantic. Motor sailing (Genoa) over a wallowy day with NE swells. A pod of a dozen or so dolphins kept us company for quite a while. Good thing Murphy was tethered or she would have gone swimming with them.  Much wagging of tail and heart-felt whimpers at her seagoing friends. Several were interesting and grey speckled, albino-looking. Unfortunately, the master belt (water pump/alternator) on the engine shredded. We shut the engine down so it wouldn't overheat and Sandra took the wheel and kept us moving south under the genoa. After an hour or so of scrounging below, I came up with the right combination of tools to put the spare belt on.  After retesting the belt tension several times, we gradually brought the engine rpms up to 2400 rpms and resumed our run.  I tumbled back on deck and took a bonine. Being below in the unsettled sea conditions had taken a little of the pleasure out of my successful repair (thanks Mack Boring and Larry Berlin). Finally, at 1830, we chugged into Riviera Yacht Center to spend the night and await a mechanic after briefly sticking our keel into a mud bank 15 yards off the dock. 
Day 6: Thursday, March 25 - Sandra was walking to the bathhouse when she noticed an ongoing classic boat restoration. Turns out it was the Honey Fitz, John Kennedy's presidential yacht, a beautiful wooden boat built in the 1930s. The folks at Riviera were hard at work on her restoration.
Nearby Ramsay Marine had a mechanic on site by 0930.  By 1000, we had a new belt on and a new spare for my parts bag and were able to get underway for what we thought would be an easy offset to yesterday. Interestingly,  Today, since it was windy, we would stay inside, keep our run short, and motor throught the Florida 'Gold Coast' enjoying the excess of too many mansions and megayachts. Then we discovered the challenge of South Florida bridge openings.... Arrived Lighthouse Pt. 1830. To finish an exhausting day, upon arrival, I was visiting the head. I lifted the lid and it came off in my hands.
Day 7: Make and Mend day.... i.e. rest... rainy weather
Day 8: Saturday, Mar. 27 - Off at 0900 15 miles and 8 bridges to Ft. Lauderdale! Sunny skies and 10-15 kt winds out of the NE moving to E.  1100 we decided to go Port Everglades Outlet to Biscayne Bay.  Motor sailed with genoa and main making 7+ knots, 1 mile offshore (to avoid northbound currents that would have slowed us).  Arrived Dinner Key without event, refueled, and tied up at Dinner Key Marina.  We will be here until the Brenner/Bakers arrive and a good weather window opens.  Next Thursday??????
Day8: Collapse
Day 9: RAIN!!!! and reprovisioning do not go together!
And now I'm caught up...