A much better day...

January 23, 2010
Sunny - Hi 69 Lo 51
Lat/Lon 29 5.5 N, 80 57.0 W
St. Augustine is a charming town. It is the oldest town in the U.S. that is still occupied - founded in 1556. I wish we’d had time to really explore. Some of those buildings were amazing. But weather was dictating our movement, so we had to leave early in the morning to head south while we had a clear weather window. Such is sailing. Oh well… I do hope to revisit St. Augustine someday.

We went out to sea by 7:30 am. It was very bouncy going out. Tide and wind was against us, so waves were spraying up over the bow. WOW, it was cool! Yeeeehaw!

Sailing on the Atlantic was sunny and beautiful. There was a good 15 knot wind, ideal for sailing.



Gracie enjoys the views from the shelter of the dodger.





We took turns basking in the sun, but still kind of bundled up.
Datona Beach as seen from the Atlantic Ocean.


OH! OH! OH! And, (for those of you that have read my Hooty Hoot blog,) remember when I saw Tits in my Tree??? (Little birds called Bush Tits) Well, now I’ve seen Boobys at Sea! Yep, we saw Boobys!!! Red Footed Boobys!!

I’ve had such a good time adding new birds to my ‘life list’.


We entered the Ponce de Leon inlet, (just south of Daytona Beach), about 5:00 pm. We'd done some ‘serious’ research on this inlet before we left St. Augustine, so the entrance was a piece of cake. The skies stayed clear and sunny all the way to our anchorage at New Smyrna, on the ICW.

Bo was, (as always), eager to get to shore and check out all the marvelous new smells.