What Happened?

Wow! I checked the blog and see that I never finished the log of this year's cruise! So, this post covers the last week of March 2012:


Saturday, March 24, 2012      Antique Car Show!

Lay Day: Vero Beach

Weather: mostly sunny in the morning and early afternoon, then partly cloudy to cloudy by evening, showers  and a thunderstorm in the evening and showers overnight; high 83, low 65; wind SE @ 10 or less except higher overnight

Comment:     Today was a busy day! It started with a bus ride. The beachside part of the  route has been altered a bit. We got off at the West Marine where we bought a couple of items for the boat. We returned on foot, but took a detour to check out the antique car show. There were lots of antiques in the show, with many cars and trucks dating back to the 1920s. 

Even though we plan to take advantage of the predicted 15 knot SW wind tomorrow, we didn't secure the dinghy. We thought we head back to the lounge in the evening. A late dinner and chores that needed to be done prevented our going ashore. We'll secure the dinghy and motor in the morning before departure. 


Sunday, March 25, 2012       Gusty Conditions!

From:          Vero Beach, FL AICW MM 951.7
To:               Cocoa, FL.        AICW MM 

Weather:     Mostly cloudy in the morning, showers before noon; high 85, low 65; West wind @ 15 knots gusting to 20+ knots

Comment:     The destination for today is the anchorage at Dragon Point, although if the wind holds, we might try to make Cocoa. Reaching Cocoa would be helpful because the forecast indicates the wind will clock to the north on Monday, making it a motorboat ride into 15 knots. We'd rather do that for four hours from Cocoa than seven hours from Dragon Point.

We raised the mainsail while sailing in a northerly direction and partially unfurled the jib. Because of the gusty conditions, I opted to motor sail in order to keep our speed up through the lulls. Although I'd rather have shut the engines down, the choice allowed us to reach Cocoa by 1630. On the day, we traveled almost fifty-five miles in eight and one-half hours. That's the distance record for this trip!


Monday, March 26, 2012      Home?!?!

From:     Cocoa, FL  AICW MM 
To:          Titusville, FL. AICW MM
Odometer:

We arrived in Titusville by 1030 hours. After attending to some minor chores, we took off the rest of the day.

Tuesday - Thursday, March 27 -29, 2012      Decommissioning Activities I

Titusville, Fl. AICW MM

Decommissioning activities have been moving forward. Kieth (Custom Marine Canvas) picked up the Bimini. Repairs should be completed in a day or two. Arrangements have been made for servicing the Yamaha 9.9's with BT Marine. Service is scheduled for April 5.

Friday and Saturday March 30 & 31, 2012     A Weekend Break!

Time Out! Decommissioning activities are on hold for the weekend so we can celebrate my completion of another trip around the sun, visit our friends, Willis and Lucille in Indian Rocks Beach (again!) and attend the wedding of the Fritz's daughter Erica. She is marrying a really terrific young man, Jared Ochs. 

We really enjoy hanging with Willis and Luce and they were so gracious to invite us to stay with them in Indian Rocks Brach for a couple of nights. It was especially nice because we got to visit with their son, John, who is home from son school. He's a geologist who is going to start graduate school this summer.

The wedding was stupendous... A great party with lots of fun. The blessing of the hands was unique; the exchange of vows was sincere and passionate; the best man made a magnificent toast to the newly weds and the DJ was awesome. The meal was tasty and we enjoyed the company of the folks seated at table 6! 

It really was a great party!


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