Day two of our trip to Marathon.  By the way this destination was not on my itinerary but apparently it was on Dave's.  The day, sunny and warm, unfortunately the wind was out of the SW, waves were at least 3 feet.  We came across the the Gulf rather than hugging the shore, which would have been the long way.  You all know my captain....  I thought I took a video but unfortunately not.
About 5 miles from Marathon (Knight's Key end of the Seven Mile Bridge)  the fuel tank went dry.  Dave change tanks but there was air in the line.  I dropped the anchor and we rocked and rolled while he went though all the steps to bleed the system and restart the engine.  He had to open the fuel injectors to bleed the the air out.  Under way agian and still with waves splashing over the cabin top, now
closer to shore the waves were full of grass. .  Tom Adensam was at the end of the bridge waiting for arrival and in contact with a VHF radio.  The engine was not running its best but we needed to get in and get fuel.  We filled tanks at Marathon Marina.  The plus there was two bags of free ice.  (Ice get more expensive the further South you come.)  Tom had secured us a slip in the Sombrero Resort Marina, which is near their condo.  So nice to be in a slip, we got showers and joined folks in the marina for their nightly Happy Hour. 
The boat was covered  with grass and salt  but I miss another photo op.  By morning the grass had dried and blown away.

Wednesday Dave spent the day biking to West Marine and Home Depot to get materials to clean the spilled fuel in the bilge.  He had failed to get one of the injectors tightened down.  A full days job.
A good afternoon for me to sit by the pool and meet a couple from Scranton, PA and work out in the pool.
That evening we joined Tom and Elinor Adensam at the Elk's Club for food and dancing.  We also surprised our other friends, Walt and Mary Keith, who did not know we had made the turn South.
A cold front came in yesterday, temps 10 degrees lower, a brief shower and it has been very windy ever since.