Preparing For Another Overnight!

We traveled the ICW on Saturday from St. Augustine, FL to Daytona, Fl. We anchored just off the ICW for a quiet night. When we pulled into the anchorage about 3:30 there was only one other boat with a couple aboard, by the time the sun set there was at least a dozen of us. We went to bed early and rose early on Sunday to travel again on the ICW. We traveled past Titusville and anchored off the NASA Causeway Bridge. We arrived about 3:30 again and as you can see by the picture had our first salt water swim. The air temperatures have been in the high 70's and the water was 70 degrees. It made for a very refreshing swim.
















This is Larry with Brian in his dinghy. We met Brain while waiting for the George Musson Bridge. He was having trouble with the autohelm on his boat and ask if Larry could take a look at it. Larry told him where we were going to be anchored and said if he also came to anchor there he would see what he could do to fix it. Brian did make it and Larry did fix his autohelm. Brian had been trolling for fish a good part of the day and had caught three. He shared his catch with us by giving us a Spanish Mackerel. We're looking forward to having it for dinner.

This morning, Monday we only traveled about 11 miles. We actually got to sleep in, we lifted anchor about 8 AM and traveled to the Canaveral Canal and are docked at the Harborview Marina. We decided to treat our boat and ourselves. We arrived about 10:30, filled the tank with diesel fuel and docked. Larry gave the boat a much needed scrub and I took care of the over spilling laundry basket. With all the over night passages and cold weather we had lots of blankets and warm clothing in need of a wash. It's always nice to have the convenience of a laundry at the marina and not to have to dinghy to shore. It's not always easy to plan for it but it's nice when it works out.

This evening we had a good dinner at the marina restaurant and are relaxing on the boat. We will turn in early tonight as tomorrow will start our fourth over night sail. We will enter the ocean at Canaveral and travel to Key Biscayne, below Miami, arriving sometime Wednesday afternoon.