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We arrived Saturday morning, 0800, at Port Everglades. We hung out for a while at Lake Sylvia, to avoid the worst of the current at our home dock; Susan and Leigh made a reconnaissance mission in the dink to check the current and set a couple of lines. When we got back to Raconteur, JP said - go check out that cat - it might be the French couple we met early in the journey, on Saltimbanque des Flots. Sure enough, it was them. They were trying to find propane, because they were setting off for the Bahamas crossing overnight. We took their tanks, then made our way to 777 Bayshore. JP brought her safely into the dock, stern-to, around 1:45 in the afternoon.
After we got settled, JP and Susan took the tanks to the propane dealer, and dinghied them back to Lake Sylvia in the late afternoon...but not without mishap. The dink hit something in the ICW that sheared the bung and the cord holding it, so they limped to the stern of Saltimbanque with Susan on hands and knees trying to keep her afloat. Luckily, with the pieces and parts aboard SDF and her fellows, they were able to do a field repair, stay for a beer or two, and make it safely back to Raconteur.
Since then, we have made a permanent repair to Scheherazade, had a diver and an electrician, and replaced most of the Lewmar hatches (two will have to wait for the wind to subside, and one for the parts to arrive); we also held a Boat Parade party, strung lights on the lifelines and forestay, and set up our Christmas tree.