Tuesday May 28: Yesterday's Dream is Put Away!

Looking back at Banana Bay .....

It was finally time to move to the ocean side of Marathon. We were leaving Yesterday's Dream at Driftwood Marina again.

Same place as we left the boat in 2017. Same place where Hurricane Irma decided to roar through the Keys and toss the boat around on shore a bit :-)  We are NOT expecting the same result in 2019 as last time :-)

The wind was blowing out of the East for several days so we had to delay our exit from Banana Bay until the winds died down a bit. It was about a 3 hour trip around to Driftwood and we needed time to get the boat ready to sit for the next 5 or 6 months.

Fortunately, we were able to just dock at the marina on Memorial Day as the marina was closed for the holiday and could complete what needed to be done: flush the engine with fresh water, prepare the dinghy engine and generator to sit unused for 5 months, clean out fridge and freezer, remove the window covers and replace with cardboard to help keep the sun out, take down the mast, take down the flybridge canvas, cover the flybridge and tie everything down 'just in case' of high winds!

On the hard for hopefully the entire season :-)

We had allowed a day and a half to do this and it took all of that amount of time. Most completed by Steve of course. He definitely gets so much credit for getting things done.

Also we packed whatever we needed (mostly clothes, passports, Canadian money) to move to Ontario and onto Guppy for the summer.

This morning bright and early the guys came with the lift to pull us out. After a quick powerwash of the bottom, it was off to Yesterday's Dream's spot for the summer.

Last job before leaving?

Cover and prepare the Keys cruiser for the summer. This little 2003 Corolla has been just what we needed down here :-)

Something reliable to get around in but not very expensive to keep and maintain. Perfect!

Once the car was dropped off we headed north to Ft. Lauderdale for a morning flight to Cleveland.

Spend a week and a half at the farm with my brother Tom who is in from Arizona for 2 weeks and then continue on to Ontario to uncover and move aboard Guppy.