November 9, 2011 Wednesday Daytona to Titusville, FL

We said our good-byes to Ed and Patty Ann and Ed helped us get out of our slip.  We will reconnect in early January when we head down the coast to the Keys.

While much of the day was cloudy we still had plenty of sunshine at anchor here in Titusville.  Our 7 hour day on the water included some motor sailing, large wakes from the dark side and more dolphins than one can count!  Again, I have no pics of Flipper since they are only above the surface for a half second!  My auto-focus camera takes a full second to snap the pic!

Rian Syd

The windlass is acting up again.  What this means is I have to manually drop the anchor (45 lbs) plus pay out the chain!  Leather gloves are my best friend in this situation.  I think the electric motor is having an identity crisis!  The hardest part will be to pull up the anchor and pile the chain in the chain locker without incident!  There are only 50 feet of chain out since we are anchored in 8 feet of water with no noticeable tide change in this part of Florida.







 We will reach our goal tomorrow and arrive at Anchorage Yacht Basin in Eau Gallie by early afternoon.  We will work together to get Fiu back on line.  Bonnie returns home November 17 and I will stay to see that other necessary work is completed on Fiu for the second half of our adventure.  I return home December 6.

AJ

Thought you might like to see our granddaughters!  We miss them very much!








Captain Sid