December 3

The move from Melbourne to Vero Beach was uneventful. The startup in the morning wasn't however. Pat yelled across that the boat was giving an oil pressure alarm. We said we would wait at anchor until they resolved the problem. Our engine was on and idling. Walt's problem was that he had an airlock because of changing his fuel filter the night before. The engine had started but then quit giving off the oil alarm that Pat had reported to us. Walt purged the air and got the engine going again. In the meantime, our engine overheated. I wasn't certain why since I had checked the intake and cleaned it the night before and made certain that I had reopened the thru hull. I rechecked and found everything o.k. Instead of taking the chance that the prolonged idling had been the only reason, I decided to take the pump apart and check the impeller. It was fine. By this time, the engine was cooler and it restarted without any heat alarm and off we went. As we approached the Vero Beach Municipal Marina, Loose Stones, a Krogen Express. Jane, Bill, and dog, Daisy, were aboard. We first met them in Michigan last year. They followed us in. After pumping out, we went to our slip and tied up. Charlie and Chris came over by dinghy and we chatted for a while. Pat and Walt came by later to make plans for breakfast in the morning at IHOP. We called Bill and Mary from Mulligan, an American Tug, who live nearby to arrange to see them tomorrow.