Vero Beach Again!

From:  Cocoa, FL Anchorage MM 897.8

To: Vero Bear Municipal Marina, Vero Beach, FL MM 951.7

L/L: 27 39 48N 080 22 28W

Distance Traveled: 53.9 miles

Elapsed Time: 9 hours

Average Speed: 6.0 mph

Weather: mostly sunny; high in the mid 80s low in the mid 60s; S @ < 5 knots backing the SSE @< 10 knots

Comment: For the most part, the Indian River was a sheet of glass today. Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough wind to sail and when a whisp of wind decided to fill in, it was on the nose. We’ve had a couple of white knuckle transit of this river, so we’ll take the calm conditions without complaint!

The VHF radio emitted the usual chatter, a boat in distress here and there, mixed in with some fishing news and other dribble. We are way ahead of the cruising bubble, so the radio was devoid of any kind of cruiser conversation. We did hear a new take on the “radio check” requests. Each request was answered with the comment “you can hear it for yourself on channel 27.” So we tried it. I called for a radio check on channel 27 and, after a commercial for the Sea Tow outfit that sponsors the effort, I heard my voice requesting the radio check. It was “loud and clear!”