Daytona Beach

Monday March 25, 2013
29 12.466 N
87 00.970 W

Lazy morning and French toast for breakfast. The forecast was not great (20-25 kt winds) but it was not much better for Tuesday so we decided to get rolling. Daytona Beach was only 40 some miles away and there were a few decent anchorages so we should be OK. (Wind does not bother us much when we are underway. But in 20 kt winds you need a decent place to put the boat overnight, that is what is on our minds mostly.)

We find fishing people quite strange

It was an easy days run. The wind got up a bit as we passed New Smyrna Beach but otherwise it was a breezy but pleasant day. As we approached Daytona I looked up the marinas - "just for fun" - and found a yacht club for 75 cents a foot. They only had 3 slips - but we only needed 1 so I gave it a try and we got a spot. It was a very easy approach for a "port tie" with the wind on our stb bow, which is perfect. We just "kissed" the dock. What a deal!

We have been thru Daytona 2 times before on the boat and never stepped ashore so we are in for a treat.

Deidre relaxing "at the club"

Its only 25 miles now to Palm Coast so we will be there early afternoon tomorrow. The trip to Australia is now feeling quite close.