North on the ICW

From Stuart we slowly went up the ICW, our only goal is to find a nice anchorage for the evening.  From Hole in the Wall we tried a new location near the Wabassco Bridge but it was too shallow for even Nati.  So....north we went and decided to drop the hook behind a spoils island.  It gave us good enough holding and a great view of all the boats going through the channel.  Dolphins really liked to feed in the area so we them around the boat most of the time.  Once, while cleaning the waterline they surfaced less 20 feet from the boat.  The water wasn't clear and it was a little intimidating seeing those guys so close and not being able to see them!

Sunrise near Palm Bay

Yesterday was supposed to be a quiet day but then a front was projected to come through overnight from the NW and we didn't have protection from the anticipated winds.  Up came the anchor and we moved further north to Cape Malabar.  On the way we passed by Grand Island.  Pretty neat to see a number of small (Florida small anyway) homes and camps on it.  Kind of "old school" where the mega-mansions don't exist.

Grant Island

another picture of Grant Island

  The chart showed a nice point that would give us shelter from the NW.....well it may have but most of the cape is gone, replaced by a shallow sand bar.  The holding is good in sand and guess what????  The weather guesser didn't get it right and we ended up with a beautiful night......no storm, no wind.  Just nice!  

We will take that any day of the week!!!