DAY 4, FIRST LIGHT, DEC 4

With the morning light adding color, our little stopover in Luperon looks gorgeous today. Mirror flat water with clouds and boat shapes reflected on its surface. By 7:30 it was time to raise the anchor. Oops. Last evening the power windlass was problematic, but seemed that it would work well enough to lift chain and anchor.

Did not happen and Mike and Alan had to use the hand crank to lift the 50 feet we had deployed last night.  Of course, the mud bottom also came up, clinging to the chain links. No problem as Moonbeam has a wash-down pump on the bow with which everything could be rinsed. Oops again. Not working. Back to the 'ol bucket and rope to get sea water. 

By 8:00 we were on our way. 676 miles to Key West.