Last post (for now)

Another fine day on Chasing 80. We got underway about 0800 once we were sure Dan & Chris weren't locked into the dock. Seems their chain and lock are more like tieing up a horse...not really locked but it looks like it.
It was an easy day, as expected. We passed Madison IN at noon. It was pretty cool passing the start/finish line for the regatta in my own boat remembering all the times we did it during the races. We also passed under the new Madison-Milton bridge. They built the new bridge next to the old one and once they're finished blowing up the old bridge they will slide the new one into its place.

We were at Markland dam by 3:30 with an easy lock through and were above our last lock before 4:00

The lockmaster said if we could make it under the bridge back to Pier 99 marina we will be fine getting out tomorrow. We made it with at least 4" to spare. Once we got to the marina the fun began....I was about to stick the first landing when I heard a voice say they didn't think I was clearing the covered slip. We pulled back out to survey the overhang. Each attempt after that was a disaster with me making "slight" contact with the upright at one point. After the 4th attempt without much help from the dockhands we waved good-by and moved across the harbor to Smugglers Cove where we slid right into an open slip on the first try.No docking by committee here...as of today I have over 1000 miles on the boat including the trip up to Euchee marina. Please don't offer suggestions on how to best dock the boat.

Tomorrow we will be picking up our original crew for the last leg up to Manhattan Harbour and the end of this part of the adventure. Wow, 2 weeks and 1000 miles flew by on this thing!! I won't be posting tomorrow as I'm sure our dock friends will want to see the new boat in the marina. Be a bit patient and I will post a full recap of the trip middle of next week once I catch up on some sleep.

Thanks for following, Jill & Kevin....out.