We're almost to Key West! Less than 100 miles to go! We can already pick up Coast Guard weather on the VHF. Theoretically, we shouldn't be able to get it until we're within 40 miles. We're more than twice that, yet it's coming in loud and clear. Sounds so good to hear it again!
As we got closer to the U.S., we kept expecting the Loran to start functioning, but it didn't. I fiddled and fiddled with it. Nothing. Finally, all else having failed, I resorted to reading the instructions. Lo and behold, all I had to do was press the "AUT" button (for "automatic"). It's been working perfectly ever since.
The Loran and the GPS are within a few seconds of each other. So now we not only think we know where we are, we know we know where we are. (The two systems are totally independent.)
We picked up a passenger early this morning. An egret has been riding with us all day. He doesn't seem to be at all afraid of us.
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