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| Christmas Lights from the mooring St Augustine |
Checking the weather forecasts gave a small window
on Saturday and Sunday to move South to Fort Pierce, so I handed my access card
in on Saturday morning and let the mooring lines slip at 9am, to get out of the
inlet with the last of the ebb.
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| Leaving St Augustine |
The channel at the entrance was lumpy and
shallow in places, but we made it into deep water without incident on a clear
and cold day. During the whole journey we managed without the engine for all of
one hour, as the winds, although with us for most of the way, were not strong
enough to keep us above 2knots. Between St Augustine and Cape Canaveral the
water temperature rose from 13°C to nearly 20°C and the air temperature was
rising nicely, so that even overnight on Saturday I had the hatches open.
Passing Cape Canaveral at just after dark, three cruise ships came roaring out
the closest passing less than a mile ahead, giving me a tense hour until all
had passed, otherwise the run was uneventful with just us, the sea, the
stars
and
the odd dolphins and seabirds for company.
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| Sunset off Cape Canaveral |
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| Fort Pierce inlet |
We motored into Fort Pierce inlet at 10am on Monday
24th against the current, so had to push hard until inside,
anchoring North of the high level bridge opposite the City Marina in 3m of
water.
