Thursday, July 7, 2011

Day 2 - Melbourne to FT Pierce - 6/12/2011


Nice breeze last night - perfect - almost cool. New windless I repaired and installed was flawless - anchor dug way in and somewhat harder to retrieve then normal during wind last night. 0645 departure and weather clear. Jan made great breakfast of totilla's and egs, coffee aunderway. Wind moved from S to East @ 10-15 kn. Outgoing tide and wind helped us do >= 7 kn and increased as we got closer to FT Pierce. Lots of Ospreys along ICW. Jan made lunch before departure so lunch was a breeze today. Anchored just South of North Ft Pierce Bridge with only 1.0' under keel. Good holding here with Delta. Time for shower on board and then dinghy ride into Harbortown marina to restaurant. Had great blackened mahi sandwich and great live Jazz guitar. Dinghy ride back to Jazz with ice. Had GPS exercise with Jan and together we set GPS way points for next day. This was a good moment that built confidence. Quiet night with some bugs for Captain since I slept outside in cockpit.

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