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Happy St Patricks Day!  

As you can see Dickie has raised the irish tricolour, or at least the closest he could get with 2 rolls of electrical tape (green and white) and an orange flare case.  Also seemed like a good time to raise the skull and cross bones that Clemmie and Noah gave us for our trip.  Hopefully we wont meet any real pirates! 

We are enjoying our time here at Vero Beach, the marina is great and just a mile walk to the chilly atlantic beach where we swim every morning, and there is a free bus service to town and West Marine (the ships store where we spend lots of time and money).  We are staying put for a while, and have ordered a bunch of spare parts for the trip, and we have also had some more work done: the voltage regulator has been replaced and the alternator rebuilt.  

Will post more soon.  Off now to catch the bus to stock up on Guinness.  

Did I mention that Kelly’s Irish Pub is next door to West Marine!