November 24
It took a really long time for us to claim our spot at the fuel dock. The intentions were to depart the marina at 9am and that got prolonged until 10am. No big deal! We're in no rush, right? It's just nice when the winds are in our favour... that's all. Started off with strong 15 knot winds from the NE. The destination for today is Cape Canaveral, FL. For a great portion of the afternoon, I was at the helm and during my time on lookout I noticed a shark fin, right alongside the sailboat. I quickly got up and tried to see if the carnivore would surface again, and lucky for me it did. The fin was rather large, which means that it was probably a big shark on the hunt. Wade and Diane were both taking a nap, and it was too late. That was the biggest highlight of my day. When we passed near Jacksonville, FL we experienced a lot of freight traffic. At one point, the pilot boats decided to play chicken with us, and instead of altering to starboard he cut us off. That pissed me off! Hired pilot boats, not even respecting the collision regulations...? Later in the day we ate lunch and dinner in the cockpit, arranged our night watch schedules and then I went below to rest from 6pm-12pm.
2 comments:
Natalie,l am realy enjoying your naratives of the voyage.
Suggest to Wade that you hang around canaveral for a while as there are only 4 more scheduled launches of the shuttle befor they are retired. It would be sad to have missed one..such a part of history!
Next launch is scheduled for Feb 4th..l guess you will be in Cuba by then.
Oops! Forgot to mention..l made the cushions you are sitting on in the cockpit..ask Wade or Dianne!
Sail on!
Dave
Funny you mention the scheduled launches, we went to the Kennedy Space Center the day before one of the shuttles arrived. We heard a big boom yesterday morning. That might be related.
The cushions are very comfy and handy, thanks for your comment.
We are sailing South again today... soon we will be in the Bahamas.
NC
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