HI, We have put in long days trying to get to Jacksonville by Wednesday. As I said, we needed to make time, so Saturday we ran about 2 miles out in the Atlantic in about 35 feet of water. There were a lot of fishing boats we had to watch for and it was about perfect conditions. Fort Pierce seemed to be about the right distance which was about 98 sm. We parked the boat by a retired Coast Guard person who is now with the Army Corp of Engineers. He had all sorts of information for us and very interesting stories to tell.
Sunday, Mother's Day, was a very interesting day. Everything started out ok but quickly changed about noon. The wind was very gusty-about 25 knots. We had a man on a jet-ski jump our wake and he fell off. He tried to swim to his machine but it was moving away from him faster than he could swim. We decided to turn around and help him. That also meant we had to go into shallower water than we should. We finally got close to him so he could swim to our boat. He was about 10 feet away and had to rest, he was so tired he couldn't swim anymore. Bob backed up the boat enough so the man could finally board our boat. We couldn't get to his jet-ski because of the shallow water so we had to stop a smaller boat passing by and asked them to take him closer to his machine. It is difficult to say what would have happened to him if we hadn't stopped but at least we know he was safe and hopefully learned a lesson.
We had several delays during the day which I won't mention because they were human errors so we didn't get to the Cocoa marina until 7:00 p.m. We tried to get into a closer marina but they weren't letting anybody in because of the wind. It was still gusty so we were glad to have several helping hands from other boaters. We could only plug in one power cord so I brought out the flashlights and candles and there wasn't any showering or using alot of power. I was just glad to be out of the wind,
safely in a marina and couldn't wait for the day to be over.
We put in fuel in this marina before we left and it was $4.05 per gallon versus $5.05
per gallon we paid in Miami Beach. A couple other boaters warned us about the tight area where the fuel dock was located but with the help of the dock boy and Bob's manuvering the boat it went just perfect. I think I was the only one nervous about the whole situation.
We are off for Daytona Beach!!!
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