More of the same...

Jo invested in an indoor hydroponic herb garden.  She tried growing them in pots on the aft deck but it was less than completely successful.

You fill the base with water, the unit circulates it and radiated the plants with LED light.  This is the result after 13 days:

At some point over the winter before we left a GPS instrument got damaged with a crack right across the data window.  I bought a piece of polycarbonate to fashion a replacement.  I used my trusty Dremel rotary tool to carve away the plastic as best I could. The whole inner case was a single piece of clear plastic so there's no hope this will still be waterproof and, since it has been obsolete for years a replacement is not likely.

I cut two pieces of polycarbonate to fit the window and the outside cover.

I used Permatex Cold Weld to make a sealing fillet around the assembly.

Looks pretty acceptable even if I do say it myself!

Not so happy was the owner of this new 54 foot Azimut that wandered out of the channel onto rocks approaching our marina.  They were changing for lower tour helm and didn't realise how strong the wind and current were.  Our approach channel is very narrow with water well under 3 feet at the sides.

They dropped their anchor to stop the drift but it promptly became stuck under some fallen rocks.  A diver was called to recover the anchor and a tow service pulled them back into the channel.

Another diver came by to remove the propellers for repair.

Last weekend we headed over to Bradenton for a Jon and Janice visit.  Saturday night we met up with friends from home Ken and Sue Bowering at Pier 22.  They had travelled down to Venice in their RV.  Of course we also dined with Jamie and Jennifer!  This is Ken and Jennifer:

...and Sue with Jo.

On Sunday we took advantage of the warm weather by lunching at The Beachhouse Restaurant on Anna Maria Island

Followed by a beer at Motorworks in Bradenton.

Back home in Vero the nightly dock get together has become quite regular.