Stewart

Tuesday January 8, 2013
27 12.604 N
80 16.990 W

Another good day. We dropped the pennant about 8:15 AM and threaded our way out to the ICW. It was another perfectly calm morning. First stop was a fuel depot in Fort Pierce, about 15 NM south where we took on 475 US gallons. We are now chocker with fuel.

The weather was calm and warm, with a few small thunder storms that pushed us below for 15 or so minutes each time. We were headed for Stuart where we hoped to take a ball at Sunset Marina in Stuart. Unfortunately no balls were available and so we resolved to anchor in the river.

Stuart Anchorage

During the afternoon we came across an Australian couple on a sailing boat also headed to Stuart. We had a good chat on the radio and resolved to get together for lunch tomorrow.

We were anchored by 3:15. Forecast was for south east winds backing further to the east so we should be good here.

Wednesday January 9, 2013

Enjoyed a restful night. It rained cats and dogs about 4 AM but there was no wind. We have decided to hang around here for the day so we can meet up with the Australians this afternoon. They have picked a bar-restaurant to meet that overlooks our anchorage so I will be able to keep an eye on Tide Hiker while we are away.

We met the Australian-Canadians at The Deck and had a fun evening. Its amazing just how much you have in common with a fellow countryman. We stayed for dinner and I maybe had too many beers, but the dinghy knew the way back to Tide Hiker in the dark