June 6, 2010

Deason found some kids to play with at the yacht club, they were up until 10p fishing and catching crabs. Deason was insisting that we cook the crustaceans, I used the excuse that it was too late and was happy to see them back to their watery home in the ocean.
The next day the kids were back, and we didn't have the heart to leave when he had kids to play with. It was a good thing too, because we were greeted by 3 manatees that seemed to want some company. We insisted that the kids didn't pet them, which was hard, because I wanted to, and we thought it was best if we set the example.
We ended up leaving by 11am and we headed through Canaveral Lock. I must say, it was kind of anti climatic. The water barely moved a half a foot. We did learn that it was built by NASA for the transportation of the recovered shuttle boosters.
After that we made our way to Titisville. Our first mast test was 65ft power lines. It was the scariest moment I have experienced so far on this boat, but we made it, even though it didn't look like we would. I am sure i will be just as scared going under the first fixed bridge too.
We were able to motor sail a good portion of the way, we were doing 6 knots with our head sail and just over idling on the motors. We got caught in the rain while we were anchoring, but we have started to look at it as a positive....it cools us off, and washes the boat.