Making Mischief

Sort of a rough boat day last night. I’ve finally been installing the watermaker I bought a couple years ago, but have been missing one part. So I brought my lithium travel station, my laptop, my work laptop, my cell tower internet router, AirPods, etc right after work. Wanted to order right from the boat so I knew I got the right thing.

Everything was in the kayak packed efficiently, when for some reason the battery station got caught when I lifted it out of the kayak onto the sailboat. I’ve done this just about every weekend since getting to Key Biscayne without issue. In hindsight it was sort of peak ebb and a little windy, but didn’t notice at the time. Anyways, as you likely imagine the power station didn’t make it all the way onto deck, the off-center weight tipped the kayak, and everything went for a swim.

My phone, AirPods and the fob for my Mazda seem to have survived. The lithium power station started smoking about 10 minutes after sitting on deck so I tied a rope to it and prepared to chuck it overboard if it caught fire, but it never did. Pretty sure both laptops and the internet are smoked. We’ll see.

Break Out Another Thousand…

Turned into a real pretty afternoon / evening here at the marina.

I have to give up my slip this morning around 11, but I’m just going to go anchor out here in Factory bay so I can finish working till 2pm. Going to head for Snake River in the South Everglades tomorrow before sun up. If all goes well I should be pulling into Marathon / Boot Key Friday night. Not sure if I’ll have much reception along the way, so Happy Thanksgiving!