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.
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| 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.
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| Great views at the end of a long day |
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