Start time and hours 0900 3501.50 MM 829
End time and hours 1500 3506.66 MM 879
I woke up early
this morning to a cool, grey, gloomy morning.
It was still a little windy and the boat was bouncing a bit. Around 9am it had cleared up enough that we
pulled up the anchor and got underway.
We were shooting for Titusville today, about 50 miles.
With the wind
behind us it was a comfortable but slightly cool ride. We cruised down the Halifax River and past
the Ponce de Leon inlet. The tides were
against us a little, but we made good progress.
The ICW took us past New Smyrna Beach and into the Indian River
North. This was a scenic portion of the
route. There were small islands,
marshes, inlets, small beaches, and lots of birds and dolphins.
It was also
during this stretch that Elaine slowed down for two people in an outrigger
canoe. The canoeists then starting
paddling furiously toward our boat. It
appeared that were going to try to ride our wake. When they got behind us, Elaine resumed our
normal cruising speed of about 7.5kts.
They were able to follow us for about 500 yards while riding our
wake.
Just before
entering Mosquito Lagoon we passed a small sailboat, Scooch, for the third time
in the last four days. Mosquito Lagoon
is miles wide but very shallow. We
paralleled small islands on our starboard side and the wide-open lagoon was on
our port side. Here we saw hundreds of
birds, especially pelicans, both black and white.
The Mosquito
Lagoon led us to the Haulover Canal which was packed full of people fishing,
both on the shore and in boats. The canal
is less than a mile and there must have been over one hundred people
fishing. The canal led us into the
Indian River and then on into Titusville.
Our anchorage is
on the south side of the bridge to the west.
The wind is from the north/northwest and protection here is very
good. We are in about 8 feet of water
and the anchor stuck first try as always.
This will be our
fifth night in a row on a mooring or anchor.
Tomorrow we will try to move over to the Titusville marina and
re-supply.
We moved over to
the Titusville marina at about 1100 so we could avail ourselves of its
services. We needed to pump out, get
water, re-provision, and do laundry. The
town is nothing much. We walked around a
little but were not overly impressed.
Perhaps sometimes you need a car to see things. The Save a Lot grocery store was cheap and adequate
but not great. We got enough to live on
for another week.
I have been craving good pizza for a while now so we found a place within easy walking distance. The pizza was great.
https://www.facebook.com/Pistillis-Bistro-Pizzeria-709994659122651/
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