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Position: 27\u00b015’00.7″N 80\u00b013’26.8″W<\/a>
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They say the story doesn\u2019t begin until the conflict arises. That the hero\u2019s journey starts with a mission based on conflict. The journey is taken and the hero is transformed. That\u2019s it \u2013 three acts and you\u2019re done. (Now go write the great Armenian novel. Everyone has one in them.) We\u2019ll trade that for our 15 minutes of fame (see Carol\u2019s forthcoming post on free speech). I digress.<\/p>\n

Blogging is a form of public expression. Yet, that expression can have direct consequences. Recently, our blog was cited in a legal case against us. Yes, really! Go figure. But if we\u2019re adventuring, then we are also learning. With that in mind, I expect our supporters and our insurance company will appreciate that each story, no matter how dramatic, ends happily. Aleta is simply, well, fine.<\/p>\n

FEC<\/h6>\n

\"Portrait_of_Henry_Morrison_Flagler\"<\/a>Having spent more time at Jensen Beach than anyone should in their lifetime, we looked forward to upping anchor and shipping out. There is a railroad track that runs right through town, the Florida East Coast railway (FEC) operated by Henry Flagler<\/a> around the turn of the last century.<\/p>\n

Flagler, an acolyte of John D. Rockefeller, was smart enough to know that once you have eminent domain, to make real money you have to squeeze the heck out of it. So he built towns like Miami and St Augustine, along with vacation resorts along the coast that are to this day serenaded by the horns and whistles of the FEC\u2019s freight trains. Mostly at night and very loudly. It seems that the entire east coast of Florida is on the wrong side of the tracks.<\/p>\n

Besides having a clear earshot of the trains, our anchorage, as loyal readers know, was next to a big ol\u2019 bridge. If you\u2019re on the opposite side to the wind, you\u2019ll be well protected. If not you\u2019ll get kicked about like a dog in a rodeo. We now know that when NOAA says 15-20 knots of wind and choppy conditions on the Intracoastal Waterway<\/a>, they really mean typhoons and tsunamis.<\/p>\n

Strolling Along<\/h6>\n

Aleta decided one Saturday night to take a short stroll. She simply upped stakes and started moving. Albeit slowly. My spidey sense tingled and alerted my sub-conscious. I woke up and quickly roused Carol. It took a lot of faffing around in the dark and the wind. Soon we had the anchor reset with twice as much rode as before. That was good for the rest of the week. But mud is mud. Even with a snubber,<\/a> as much as our anchor had dug, in we\u2019d have to keep a careful watch. Thankfully there\u2019s an app for that\u2026<\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s the process of anchoring \u2013 which, honestly, is much more amusing than being at anchor. The process that most couples employ is a man at the wheel barking orders and a woman at the bow doing all the heavy lifting with the ground tackle. This never made sense to me.<\/p>\n

Anchors Aweigh!<\/h6>\n

On Aleta, Carol takes the helm and I go forward to deal with our oversized plow anchor, our all chain rode, and our bruiser of a windlass. This also gives me the opportunity to make rude gestures to Carol as I try to communicate where the boat is in relation to where it needs to be. We’ve worked out a system of hand signals that one or the other of us understands about 80% of the time. The remaining 20% is direct cause for marital stress and the butt of jokes from any observers. As we get better we find we\u2019re using fewer signals to get the job done. Rather than an Italian street brawl, life is becoming an intuitively silent symphony.<\/p>\n

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