I dropped the hook this morning at about 9 o'clock, just south of Causeway Island in Fort Pierce, in just about the exact same spot we occupied back on December 2. This time however, my time has been spent napping and eating, not running around looking for hydraulic fluid for the autopilot.
Yesterday's sail up from Miami was largely uneventful, just good winds and small seas. The wind dropped off a little during the night, meaning that we missed the flood current and had to enter port on the ebb, but other than that everything went smoothly. I did see one of the largest sport fishing boats I have ever seen off of West Palm Beach. I don't know if it is really even"sport" or "fishing" if you approach it that way. Why not just buy Starkist or Chicken of the Sea?
The anchorage here in Fort Pierce is rather unremarkable, but it is one of only a couple readily accessible anchorages between Miami and Jacksonville. All the others involve considerable transits up or down the ICW, making them unattractive to me.
The plan is to shoot straight from here to Jacksonville. We'll ride the ebb out tomorrow morning then work our way north (hopefully with minimal tacking), arriving in Jax Sunday night or Monday morning. There are some light winds in the forecast, so no one should be unduly alarmed if I don't actually get to Jax on Monday.
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