Captains Log 01/02/07
Departure Point / Start Time St. Augustine, FL 2PM 01/02/07
Arrival Point / End Time Cape Canaveral, FL 6PM 01/03/07
Distance Traveled 110NM
Finally we are on our way again. Being in St. Augustine for so long was nice. Christmas was great. New years eve was not so great. We are sad to leave such a great place but eager to head further south and eventually to Bahamas. We waited out the worst of the cold front and wanted to leave on New Years Day. Unfortunately we had an incident with anchors. After 4 weeks, the slime has build up about 3 inches around both anchor lines. So we stayed another day and left on Jan. 2. The winds were out of the north and we sailed riding the south flowing eddy of the gulf stream. The gulf stream flows closer and closer to the coast as we sail further south in Florida. Although we were not in it, the waves were making the boat roll a bit and Crystal was sick since she decided to not take the sickness pill. I guess sucking on sliced ginger didn’t work this time. The eddy current was carrying us very well. We were doing 4.5kts over ground in 5 knots of Northerly wind. After the wind died that evening, we motorsailed passed Ponce De Leon inlet and by sun light we were just north of Cape Canaveral. Unfortunately, this is when eddy current vanished and wind turned on the nose or close to it, around S, SE. It took us the entire day, from 8am to 4pm to round the dam Cape Canaveral. The waves changed to small chop and the roll was gone. We motorsailed and fished along the way. After several tacks we got east enough to get on a beam reach and round the extending shoals. The wind decided to die down on the way in. Canaveral inlet is a nice choice. There are no rollers at all. There is not current due to a lock 2 miles inside the inlet that separates ICW from the ocean side of the inlet. We motored passed all the cruise ships, fishing charter boats, and got the draw bride. We were the only boat and it was getting dark. The bridge and the lock were next to each other and were synchronized. After the lock there was a quiet anchorage with lots of fish in the water. It’s been over 24 hours of traveling and we were tired. Unfortunately I realized that the smell of decaying algae in the V birth was more like a decaying flesh. It was horrible. I had to take most of the chain out and pour buckets of seawater to try to wash the stink. The second anchor rode was even worse, being rope. But exhaustion made us fall asleep with no problem. The next day we spent cleaning the stink and catching up on sleep.
Arrival Point / End Time Cape Canaveral, FL 6PM 01/03/07
Distance Traveled 110NM
Finally we are on our way again. Being in St. Augustine for so long was nice. Christmas was great. New years eve was not so great. We are sad to leave such a great place but eager to head further south and eventually to Bahamas. We waited out the worst of the cold front and wanted to leave on New Years Day. Unfortunately we had an incident with anchors. After 4 weeks, the slime has build up about 3 inches around both anchor lines. So we stayed another day and left on Jan. 2. The winds were out of the north and we sailed riding the south flowing eddy of the gulf stream. The gulf stream flows closer and closer to the coast as we sail further south in Florida. Although we were not in it, the waves were making the boat roll a bit and Crystal was sick since she decided to not take the sickness pill. I guess sucking on sliced ginger didn’t work this time. The eddy current was carrying us very well. We were doing 4.5kts over ground in 5 knots of Northerly wind. After the wind died that evening, we motorsailed passed Ponce De Leon inlet and by sun light we were just north of Cape Canaveral. Unfortunately, this is when eddy current vanished and wind turned on the nose or close to it, around S, SE. It took us the entire day, from 8am to 4pm to round the dam Cape Canaveral. The waves changed to small chop and the roll was gone. We motorsailed and fished along the way. After several tacks we got east enough to get on a beam reach and round the extending shoals. The wind decided to die down on the way in. Canaveral inlet is a nice choice. There are no rollers at all. There is not current due to a lock 2 miles inside the inlet that separates ICW from the ocean side of the inlet. We motored passed all the cruise ships, fishing charter boats, and got the draw bride. We were the only boat and it was getting dark. The bridge and the lock were next to each other and were synchronized. After the lock there was a quiet anchorage with lots of fish in the water. It’s been over 24 hours of traveling and we were tired. Unfortunately I realized that the smell of decaying algae in the V birth was more like a decaying flesh. It was horrible. I had to take most of the chain out and pour buckets of seawater to try to wash the stink. The second anchor rode was even worse, being rope. But exhaustion made us fall asleep with no problem. The next day we spent cleaning the stink and catching up on sleep.
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