all we need are some tasty waves a cool buzz and we're fine are you ready to set
sail the eclipse today we're sailing to Key West she comes down here makes
a smoothie Megan's here and we're about to have some fun in the sun
Island style let's explore all this destination has to offer let's do it
thank you
all right so I don't have it on autopilot there's a boat right here we're gonna turn to the right
and go ahead and start heading into the wind okay you wanna watch your gauge and uh for
crab pots you don't want to run any crab pots I like that one right there once we get past here
we'll turn off into the West okay okay take a look at your chart you got shallows up here we
don't want to get too far up in there let me know when it's at zero the trick is to
keep it perfectly into the wind and that's not always easy you're almost there now turn that
way slightly okay you're there now look at land for what you're heading for and
heading for what you're heading for right now let's get these sales up
all right so on the autopilot the very bottom of the middle can I push that all right so
that keeps it on the heading so you're good so come on out here while you were keeping
the wind we put it up and now it's under load what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna let it out a
little bit but as before we do that since it's just we're fine right now the winds
are here whatever I don't know where it's gonna be when we turn we're gonna pull the Genoa out
the same thing you did yesterday what did you think of being at the helm yeah it's nice when
you have all these gadgets to help you a lot of people don't have that stuff all right go for it
that's fine that's good we've got a crap
all right so I'm just going to keep this like this we'll get a good angle push the
green button uh like that turns you five degrees every time you do that so let's do
it like four times and see what this line ends up we want to get that line going
that way the wind is going on the beam so the cells are getting a lot of wind
we'll see where it is and then we'll adjust ourselves once we get in the right course
how are you looking your line I need to go more so maybe four more
the wind's going more forward so it does that so you got to pull it in tighter all
right so we're looking pretty good so our sales at now we're at 60. see the wind's
at 60. and this right here is pretty much where it needs to be if it was
more like down I would let that main out more so you have to make the wing go the
air go over the sail just like an airplane wing and it creates a section low pressure
and that's what sucks you forward it's not like the wind's blowing you yeah it's like a airplane
wing it works okay so you want to you know get the one where you want it and then trim your
sales for that all right there you go what's your speed you're sailing 3.3 yeah we've weight anchor
and are sailing South for Key West today the winds are higher than predicted and that's a good thing
foreign
there you get these perfect days where the winds are great the seas are great you can
hoist your sails and feel how amazing this life on the water can be this is one of those days
Megan is our second oldest daughter we always love when she visits and she's great with Reese too
many other
besides the Bahamas
we're cooking we're trying to do a little push to get uh further down towards Key West today so that
we can pull in tomorrow before the winds pick up they're going to pick up I think around noon
or something like that so we're gonna pull onto the dock of Boca Chica tomorrow so we can take
a couple take care of a couple things Reese's birthday is the following day we're going to
celebrate in Key West with Tim and Bernie's going to schedule a sonogram uh we're gonna get mail and
uh and then Megan's gonna fly out in like a week from there so we came to the south side of the
keys because the winds went from North went to the north last night and it is beautiful we got
UH 60 degrees and we're blowing 15.3 true and we're moving to 85 a couple different boats out
here it looks this flying we're past them good we have the new props the crop speed I jumped in last
night at anchor it looks great it's like there's no growth on it it's like just slippery on the
crops and then the bottom paint looks good and everything so really nice and smooth plus she's
getting light because we're down to like a half tank of diesel and that helps with speed as well
the weight's huge every single piece of anything the captain is always trying to throw crap off the
boat to save weight we've just sailed on having unofficial races with other boats along the way
one thing about the keys then you 've uh crab pots a lot tons of crab pots in the keys I love eating
crabs but I hate crab wine they are everywhere and there's no rhyme of Reason sometimes they color
the balls like the exact same color as the water or black so you definitely can't see them um and
they are all over the place especially it seems like in the channel where you're supposed to be
driving so I don't know what the deal is with that but you just have to keep an eye out make sure you
don't run out of a crab pot we do have Cutters on the props but I don't want to even test them
eight knots is pretty good get it calypso
it's nice to have ice underway
this one's gonna be yours and put the extra stuff in here all right so Megan doesn't get
seasick even though she doesn't need any time to adjust to being on a boat which
is nice because she comes down here and makes those smoothies while I'm seasick
currently sitting behind the camera filming trying not to get seasick
I just look out the window as you're talking what smoothie are you making today these are
pumpkin pumpkin smoothies they have pumpkin puree Crown cloves nutmeg almond milk and maple syrup
very nice and you added a little extra like the flaxseed and the sunflower butter yep go for it
we're getting closer and closer to the marina which is great because I feel pretty nauseous
cheers
okay so you have releases here now if you look there's like a thing here on both sides you can
kind of like lift it up with like your back you know and kind of tighten that down like that
Megan is a little nervous due to the fact that she hasn't dove in a long time you got it easy today
usually we're carrying the backpacks and the tanks on our backs I know with all of our gear
she'll be all right though they're just playing around in like four
feet of water in a lagoon right by the marina this place is great
do your clips
Jeremiah always makes the kids a priority he's
such a good dad which is making me want more babies at this point LOL
you're gonna do that one day I don't know would you like to sure yeah it's fun yeah it
seems like a lot but only when you're learning and then once you learn it you're good to go
let's hope she doesn't get steamed by one of those jellyfish in the sand
they just floated around and breathed underwater which is still a lot of fun
how was it I saw jellyfish that's cool unfortunately we only have a few days
left with Meg here in Key West so it was time to explore the area let's hit the town baby
gotta find out some places to slap a new Calypso sticker on
against the crew neck sweater and she came back for this sweet deal would you call
it pump covers if you've never heard that no I guess you're covering up oh hey yeah
you want to give the uh you're all doom I do I have a ghost tour here
and there's little buses and everybody shops along the way you're all doomed
and the whole bus should say yes we are the Doom priests wanted to stay and do it
we stumbled across this place as we were driving our golf cart it is the Botanical
Garden I think there's three parts to it um they give you like a brief little
history it's free it's beautiful inside here if you come check this place out
flowers Galore waterfalls and more and I'm a poet and didn't even know it as a side note the
butterfly museum is very cool as well you wanna go to the lighthouse yeah the lighthouse well I
went online and I looked up a free scavenger hunt for Key West and I got it for free a lot
of people pay for this so we can go around Key West and just search for things like key lime
pie on a stick a rooster we found that what about beer do they have beer on there like cold beer
it's nice having um sister here when the way we can sit here because we're
never without a kid I know it's nice you know they need is a little bar
I saw my favorite flowers that was really pretty they're very
beautiful here there goes the [ __ ] it's a pretty big Cocker
oh
Meg and I are down here just doing a little shopping day she's searching for a crew neck
key Wester we're working sleeve anything we're working yeah that's what she works out in
currently but we're gonna hit up Fat Tuesday she's been eyeing it up Meg recently turned 21 so we had
to get her a drink on the Strip the pregnant mama here will just watch she got the mango
we may have found Megan's crew neck let me see hold it up cute I found myself a little toe ring
taking the kids dinghy are tubing today Reese has been wanting to
go tubing and just so happened that the first time we were able to do is
Reese's birthday which is great you're gonna have a great time don't let go
the days together are numbered so we decided to leave the crowds
in town and just enjoy each other's company at the marina for an entire
day plus it's Reese's birthday and he requested we just hang out as a family
all right so look you guys go over him and go with you here we go one two three
coming up just drop Megan off at the airport we'll drive to Miami to drop bag off and to have
our first doctor appointment that was nice it's definitely become more real then we'll do some
maintenance on Calypso before more crew comes aboard I'm Lucy Lucy is here Calypso then you
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