June 8, 2010

We had to dinghy over to the marina this morning to get some binoculars, something we kept saying we needed to get and then kept forgetting every time we entered a West Marine. The dinghy dock and all the other docks are behind a locked gate. I had to wait at the gate and not let is close so we would be able to get back to our dinghy. I guess it is not the best neighborhood. I am not sure how it is possible, but Dahlia always seems to fall asleep on these dinghy rides, must be Deason's superb dinghy driving skills!
We got a late start after our West Marine trip, and while heading out of Daytona on the ICW we had ourselves a little adventure. There was four bridges in a row, a draw bridge, fixed bridge, draw bridge, and then another fixed bridge. We came through the second bridge and I had just called the draw bridge tender on the radio, and Chris was busy trying to tell Deason and I what to do because we were going to stop and get fuel. When I hear on the radio the bridge tender calling us.
"Ahh, north bound sailing vessel, you are out of the channel"
" north bound sailing vessel you are WAY out of the channel"
At that point Chris and I realized he was talking to us, and Chris realized he was in fact out of the channel. We only ran a ground slightly, thankfully he had put it in idle when he heard the radio. Not that big of deal, we came out of it fine, just a little bruised pride. Unfortunately for Chris, we are extremely competitive with each other, and he will have to suffer the ridicule until I do something as brainless.
We were behind schedule a little, and didn't want to navigate at night, so we ended up anchoring a few miles away from St. Augustine. We didn't want to run aground again! We will head there tomorrow and spend the day sight seeing!