Nati is on the move……..again!

After getting back to Melbourne and saying our goodbyes to Tom & Jean we had the bottom cleaned and headed north.  An easy run up to Cape Canaveral was uneventful and we had a nice quiet night right near the lock.

What was I thinking??

From there we decided to run up the coast and see what happened.  What developed was a 177nm trip up the coast to Cumberland Island.  We flew the spinnaker for 15 hours although is was light air.  Nati got there too late to see Kathy and Phil but they still managed to have a cocktail at the oldest pub in Florida, the Palace.  Still, it would have been good to see them again…….next fall!

Sunset looking towards the Florida coast

Can we say dolphins!!??  We saw many on the was north!

Since it was so hot we decided not to go to shore at Cumberland and just continue outside north.  The winds were not great but we still managed another leg of 165nm and turned left to go in at Charleston.  We probably should have continued but we do need fuel and Osprey Marina is by far the least expensive so on the inside we went.  The fishing wasn't too good but still as you can see I netted a lunker on the swim platform.  We also got two more flying fish on the front nets and the hand lines did produce a "remora" along with a "tuni".  Neither was going to be eaten so back to the water they went. Who ever heard of catching a remora?  Not us……

Nati's catch

The heat is unbelievable……it's a good argument for air conditioning!  Thank goodness we have a breeze today.

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