We left Cocoa this morning at around 7:45, probably one of the earliest starts ever. Said goodbye to our friends on Lazy Dolphin and moved out. Morning was cool and there was no wind. It was really perfect for cruising. Our goal was Daytona Beach, about 70 miles up the ICWW. Lots of bridges but fortunately they were all over 25 feet and many were 65 feet so no problem in going under them. As we passed Titusville, we hear a boat on the radio saying thank you to the marina they stayed in the night before. The boat was Unchained, which we had not heard from since the Port St Joe on the Florida panhandle around November 25, 2010. Unchained is owned by 4 brothers and a cousin from Michigan and they are traveling the Loop together in a 37 foot trawler. Anyways we radioed them and had a bit of a chat as we were going along. Hopefully we will see them in a future port.
Unchained as it leaves TitusvilleLots of bird life along this stretch of the waterway, one island had thusands of birds.
Osprey nest (I think)
We arrived in Daytona Beach at around 3 and the wind had really picked up, actually it was really blowing hard. The Daytona Beach Marina, asked if I wanted fuel and a pump out and we stopped for both. The wind was blowing directly behind us so it was a little work to get in but we made it. We then went to our sip ant the wind was blowing across our beam. Fortunately the the channel was wide so I could make a good turn into the slip. Just had to back up once before we got in. We settled in then went to dinner at local pub. food was good.
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