Vero Beach - Manta meet up

 Vero Beach, FL, is often referred to as Velcro Beach for us cruisers, and for good reason.  Lots of stores, that are convenient to get to with a free bus, protected spot - reasonable moorings.

We only stopped for 6 nights, but had a lot of fun.

We got to spend some time with our friends on Sojourn.  We had a couple of days of shopping, and one memorable lunch where we bought Burger King Impossible Burgers, which we took across the street to McDonalds, and ate them with McDonalds fries and drinks.   Best of both worlds.

Titusville to Vero Beach

 After a rough night of choppy seas anchored in Titusville, we decided we could do better, so headed south, after picking up packages from an Amazon hub in Titusville.

We wanted to stop in Cocoa, as there is a large interesting hardware store there, and a free dock, but the winds decided otherwise for us, so instead a new anchorage for us south of the Eau Gallie bridge near the town of Indian Harbor Beach, FL.   It ended up being a good stop, with a nice dinghy dock, and easy walk to the important stuff of a WalMart, McDonalds and Publix grocery store.   

We survived the NorEaster - spent good time in St. Augustine

 Well, we survived the NorEaster, and other than having to re-anchor in a downpour once, we did just fine.

Good sail down the coast and now for some wet and windy weather.

We had a good sail down the coast.  Wind mostly from directly aft, which is a great ride for a catamaran.  Winds were 15 knots to start - so wing on wing, and then when then winds lightened, we flew our spinnaker most the night.  Early morning had a shackle failure, so back on wing on wing, so a little slower, but it all worked out well.

Had some dolphins visit on the trip, which is always great.

We pulled into Fernandina Beach for a day and a half, and then headed south to the St. Augustine area find a protected anchorage for the next few days.

It looks like the weather report for St. Augustine FL is going to be wet and windy for the next couple of days.  The area has a small craft advisory and flooding warnings out.  Hard to read, but about 5" of rain in the next 24 hours, and winds up to 25 knots, with locally higher gusts expected.   YUCK.

 

We saw the forecast and yesterday moved to an anchorage (red spot) we hoped would be better than the one we had at Fernandina Beach.  There are 5 other boats in this area thinking the same thing, will let you know on Sunday if we made a good decision or not :)   (we are at the red dot)     

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