We arrived back in Jacksonville on Sunday afternoon after 11 great days on the water. Bruce picked some of the finest marina and resort the east coast of Florida has to offer. We traveled 618 miles during our time together and Salty Dawg performed flawlessly the entire trip. She cruised comfortably at 2700 rpm doing between 25 and 27 mph.
We had a real treat before we left Palm Coast on Sunday morning. A huge Manatee showed up right next to the boat and gave us quite a performance. The Manatee must have been local to the marina since he seemed like he was looking for a hand out. He must have stayed around for 20 minutes before he decided to swim off. We got some great pictures.
The ride back on Sunday might have been our nicest day yet. It was sunny with temps in the mid 70’s and a very gentle, cooling breeze. We took our time getting back home so we didn’t have to deal with a low tide coming into the lock back to Bruce’s neighborhood.
St. Augustine was just beautiful as we cruised through before lunch. There was another big sailing ship tied up to the face dock as we went by. Right after the Bridge of Lions in St Augustine we came across a sea plane. I can’t say that I have seen one before landing on the ICW on a Sunday afternoon. It was kind of cool.
Here are the last of the pictures from the trip. Thanks for the comments.
We called him "Lefty" since he seemed to be missing his left flipper. It was completely healed and he didn't seem any worse for ware.
There were several crew teams at the resort in Hammock Beach getting ready for their spring season to begin up north once the ice melts.
St Augustine
A small Cub landing on the ICW.
Coming into the Lock
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