We were up early and rode the bike 4 miles up Siesta Key to Mass. Good ride: cool, calm, good road with a bike lane. At the church was a plaque honoring the pastor in 1998, Fr. Claude Brubaker, whom I remember as the first principal of my high school, Christopher Columbus in Miami. That was the school's first year, 1958-59. I remember Fr. Brubaker well, and favorably. Miami was growing very fast in those days. I attended four different newly - opened schools, including Columbus.
Anyway, after church we rode back to the boat where S fixed a fine big breakfast: fruit, juice, eggs, pancakes and coffee, finally getting underway at about 11 for a 21-mile run up the waterway. Again today, the contrary wind direction dictated a powering day rather than sailing. I customarily cruise at about 2500 rpm but found yesterday that the engine runs smoother at a faster rate of 2800 to 2900. This afternoon, after steadily running at that speed for four hours, we needed to slow down suddenly (got out of the channel). The engine coughed and clunked when I slowed it down, then didn't want to rev back up when I applied power. I shut it down, checked the oil and transmission fluid and the fuel supply- everything normal. We let it cool off for 10-15 minutes and it ran normally when I restarted it. Finished the day's run at slow speed. No idea what the problem was unless it was overheated and there was no alarm or sign of that.
We are back at the Sesfood Shack dock at Cortez. Probably home tomorrow. Wind forecast east at 10. Will be good sailing if true.
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