Sunday, December 22, 2013

ICW Day 6, Vero Beach to Hobe Sound - A day of changing plans

We left Vero Beach in a flurry of activity, with it being Thanksgiving the previous week and then the bad weather boats had not been moving far but with light winds forecast for the next few days boats seemed to be heading south.

We planned to have a short day and stop about 12 miles south at Fort Pierce, we needed to visit the Chandlery but on route Mark looked at the currents at the inlet and perhaps we did not want to go outside the next day, mmmmmmmm what to do?  So we dropped anchor and Mark headed ashore whilst Amanda looked at where we could anchor if we continued along the ICW.  Mark hurried back and yes we were off again.  Every stretch of the ICW seems relatively simply but when you look closer, there a various obstacles whether this is shoaling in various places in the channel or there are bridges that open at particularly time or there is shallow water so we need to make sure we have the right tide.  So before every hop we have a reasonable amount of planning to make sure we can make progress safely.

Although there were dolphins, pelicans and other wildlife and boats along the way we both felt like the day dragged but we pushed on.  

There was various dredging activity in this area, can’t say I would be too keen to live in this house.




It was touch and go whether we would reach the anchorage in the light, as we passed our first option in plenty of light we decided to keep on going, as we reached the second close to sunset we knew it wasn’t an option as just not enough room but entering Hobe Sound at sunset was beautiful.

Hobe Sound at sun down
We carried on, the light started to fade but thankfully we anchored just as we lost light.  The winds had been light all day so we had little sailing which was frustrating but great at the end of the day when you drop the anchor and need to sleep.

Great views at the end of a long day

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