Month: December 2016
Updated on December 28, 2016
AN INSIDE PASSAGE TO VERO BEACH AND CHRISTMAS IN FLORIDA – An old friend rejoins, a new friend is made, and we say good-bye to a dear friend- December 12 through December 29th Latitude N27 Degrees 39.6 Minutes North
Due to weather (forecasted winds from the South) we decided on an inside passage of two days down the Indian River to Vero Beach and our next jumpoff point of Fort Pierce, FL. The ICW at …
Posted on December 12, 2016
Cocoa, FL – 8 December to 11 December 2016 – Latitude N28 degrees 21.082 minutes
Elena’s best friend lives in Indian Rocks, near Clearwater on the west coast of Florida. Yelena drove over to Cocoa on the afternoon of the 9th, giving us a little time to recover from our overnight run and all …
Updated on December 12, 2016
St. Augustine to Cape Canaveral and the town of Cocoa
On December 7th we sailed out of St Augustine on the edge of the morning tide, almost at slack water, timing our departure to bridge opening at 0730. Our exit was uneventful, we cast off …
Updated on December 12, 2016
Impressions from St. Augustine -Nov 29 through Dec 6 – Latitude N29 degreees 53.216 minutes
Discovered in 1513 and founded in 1565, swapped between the Spanish and the English over 300 years, St. Augustine is even more steeped in history than either Charleston or Beaufort. Overlooking the harbor is a stone for, Castille …