You really just could not have asked for a prettier, nicer day on the water than we had today. We left out of St Augustine this morning at 5:45. No wind and perfectly flat sea conditions. We turned out of the inlet and set a waypoint for Cape Canaveral some 108 miles away. The seas may have been 2 feet, but for the most part, were about as nice as you could ever hope for. At 11:20 we arrived at our waypoint and set one more waypoint for the St Lucie Inlet at Stuart, FL another 94 miles away. Once we turned at Cape Canaveral and had just a bit of protection from the Cape, it got slick as glass. You could have served an 8 course meal on fine china in the cabin.
About 30 minutes before our arrival at the St Lucie inlet we saw a huge thunderstorm blow up over Ft Pierce. It was amazing. We thought for sure the bottom was going to fall out and we were going to end up docking in a down pour. As luck would have it, we missed the rain completely and pulled into Sunset Bay Marina in Stuart, FL around 4:30. We got her topped off with fuel, gave her a quick bath, and headed up to the restaurant for a well deserved meal.
If there is a heaven, I think I got to experience a good piece of it today. I run a lot of boats in a lot of different conditions and today definitely made my top 10 days on a boat.
We should finish up tomorrow with a final push onto to Ft Myers. We have about 145 miles and 5 locks to finish across Lake Okeechobee tomorrow. The weather looks good so I am optimistic for another good run tomorrow.
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