Palm Coast (March 26 - March 30)

Tuesday March 26, 2013
29 35.173 N
81 12.360 W

Really slow start this morning. We only had about 4 hours travel to Palm Coast and we wanted to arrive mid afternoon so we slept in a bit then showered and headed out for breakfast. Which was basically fun as we had a morning paper and Deidre's breakfast was fine and the coffee was OK, but I ordered something "new" and it was disgusting. That is two bad meals for me in a row.

We were underway by 11AM and arrived in the approach canal by 3PM. The wind was up all day with some really strong gusts, maybe as much as 30 MPH from the North and West, and quite cool. Fortunately we had been to this dock before and would be approaching with our nose into the wind, which helps a lot. The dock is a bit short (25' of face) so our aim was to have about 10' of stern overhang and 15' on the bow. Our hosts (Sarah and Phil) were waiting for us and all went well. No scratches.

Tide Hiker at her new home

There is another visiting trawler and so 6 of us are going out to eat tonight. It will be cold again tonight, may even make freezing.

Wednesday March 27, 2013

We picked up our rental and did some shopping. Spent the rest of the day doing some light maintenance and cleaning up the boat in anticipation of departing on Friday. Dinner out with Sarah and Phil.

Thursday March 28, 2013

Tomorrow we leave for Australia. We will be returning on April 17th and plan to resume our voyage to Charleston on April 20. So our blog will be dormant until then.

Thursday April 18, 2013

We are back on the boat, and happy to be here. Our current plan is to begin our trip to Charleston on Saturday, weather permitting.