Day 232 – at Marina Del Mar, Key Largo, FL - February 23, 2012

We spent today taking it easy, catching up on paperwork and installing some of the things we bought at the Miami Boat Show.  In addition to purchasing some LED replacement bulbs for inside Boreas, we also bought some new LED courtesy lights for the outside stairs and helm station.  Fred got two of the four lights installed today – the other two will be a bit more of a challenge because the wiring is hidden behind immovable walls, but I’m sure he’ll figure it out.  The two that got installed look great; the new lights are blue and they really make the boat look great.

Fred also installed a set of stabilizer fins on the dinghy motor.  At the boat show we talked to the Caribe representative about the fact that we can’t get the boat to plane with our eight horse motor.  He suggested stabilizer fins might be just what we needed.  We were able to find them at a great price at the show.  With the new fins installed we headed out to Hawk Channel to test them out.  Although the boat seemed to run steadier and flatter, we still weren’t able to get up on plane.  We may try again when the water is a bit smoother, but we aren’t holding our breath.
 
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We took the camera on our dinghy test ride and captured some more iguana pictures.