Ooops..we are still in Florida

Yesterday we had light wind to start and sailed a little although slow. Then it became totally calm and we motored south. We decided rather than pull in near Fort Lauderdale after dark and anchor, we would turn east once south a bit past Fort Lauderdale and cross the Gulf Stream during the night. With our mechanical problems of recent days Walter was shutting off the engine every couple of hours to inspect things. On a routine check about an hour and a half from when we would be turning east he noticed a transmission fluid leak. When a subsequent inspection once we were very near the Port Everglades inlet it seemed to have increased. It was decided to pull in and anchor in the residential canals of Fort Lauderdale. We are at a busy waterway intersection with scenic boat rides, water taxis and private boats. It got quit enough at 11 pm but it's nonstop traffic during the day. It was pretty much the closest anchoring option and really had only room for one boat.
In the morning we found a marine transmission place and Walter and I took the dingy to shore and walked about 2.5 miles to the place we had found in the marine yellow pages but ended up stopping at a different place not quite so far. This ended up being good as a mechanic was at the parts counter and looking at the 2 flange like parts said not only a new seal was needed but the spindle end was scored and needed to be capped or rebuilt or something or it would still leak. He said he could probably get it done before the end of the day and sure enough not more than 2 hours after Walter and I returned to Asperida he called my cell.
Now I'm hanging out on Asperida while Candace and Walter go to get the rebuilt parts. They brought two Scooters Walter had on board. The little self propelled 2 wheelers with handlebar steering. Fun...
Assuming the weather window is still good which I think is...we will head across to Bimini in the morning.

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Location:St Se,Fort Lauderdale,United States