Look Mom! No Hands!!

Look! No hands! The auto pilot works!!! Woo Hoo!!!

Oh...how glorious!!! 2 months of hard work by Scott & a bunch of hard earned cash from both of us & thank the Lord....IT WORKS!!! Our worst nightmare was that we would turn it on & it wouldn't work. Yay!!! We did our sea trial calibration tests & passed with flying colors! How unusual that EVERY step went exactly as the manual said it should go! Malaika's auto pilot is officially commissioned & we LOVE her!!!! However, I refuse to give her a sexy name as Scott requested. I wanted to name it Simon, so I compromised & will call it "her".
Thanksgiving was a bit rough weather wise, but the past 2 days cruising down the ICW have been really nice.


Finally!!! Some sunshine!!! It's been cold & grey in Florida for a week!



Tomorrow we will reach Lake Worth, Fl. Our launch point for the Bahamas. Right now, it looks like we'll make the big crossing on Tuesday. Yay!!!! Getting very excited!!!!


This morning was Malaika's 1st sail of the season

I will do as many blogs as possible before we cross on Tuesday. After that, no Internet probably until Thursday...
Meanwhile, enjoy some pics from the past few days.


Jib..the sailor dog




Our anchorage last night...Dragon Point. We've stayed there before...love it.

Tomorrow will be a challenging day as there are like 7+ restricted bridges...


That means we have to time our travel just right....ugh. I can't wait to get to our beloved Green Turtle, Cay in the Bahamas....which if all goes according to plan...should be Wednesday afternoon.


Malaika motoring down the ICW

So, we keep sailing south! Stay tuned!!!!



Love,
Michelle, Scott & Jib
XXXOO





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