Life is Good
Bruce and I had a great run from Palm Coast Florida
The day started out with misty and overcast skies. It was pretty cool when we got underway in
the morning a few minutes after 7:00. We
both had to go below and put on sweatshirts.
However, by about noon, we got far enough south that the skies began to
clear and the temps got back into the 80’s in short order.
Everything was going great until we got to the Fort Pierce
Inlet. I had my first run in with the “law”. I have been boarded many times for routine
inspections by the Coast Guard, Boarder Patrol, Customs, Sheriff, etc. However, this was my first for an actual “infraction”. I had cleared, what I thought, was the end of
the no wake zone at the Fort
Pierce South Bridge
We stopped and they came on board. They asked for ID and we went through the
routine. I apologized to the officer and
said I had thought we were clear of the no wake zone and that it was definitely
my fault. The officer looked at us for a
few seconds and said “ it pains me not to write you a ticket, but I am going to
give you a break today”. He had witnessed us
go through over a mile of no wake zone at the Fort Pierce Inlet and I think he
knew we did not intentionally break the law.
Score one for the good guys.
Bruce pretty much laughed it off, but I was very embarrassed. No harm, no foul. The stop only lasted about 5 minutes, so not
a bad “lesson learned”.
We got into Hutchinson Marina in Stuart last night around
5:00pm. After some fuel and a good wash
down of the boat, we met up with my folks for dinner. Not a bad end to a good day on the water.
We are looking forward to having Bruce’s wife Leslie and son
Braeden join us tomorrow in Boca Raton
An ugly start to our morning in Stuart.
Not pretty as we are leaving Stuart this morning.
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