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Getting the hang of the ICW

One thing that is new for us too is anchoring in a “river” with a tide. Cuz in the middle of the night your boat switches sides.  If the river/canal was going south your boat will be facing north but in the middle of the night the river changes and now you are heading south… so does your anchor grab when it is turned 180 degrees?  Well it seems to. 

We set the anchor one way but then the boat moves.  This makes for an unhappy pam at night unless we set an anchor watch. When we were first doing this we set out watch at about 30 feet so we knew when the boat was ready to swing.  This made for a crazy Ben.  I say that cuz happy wife is happy life. (thanks Gary vikesland for that saying I use it all the time… well when I need to.) So he is the one that checks the anchor at night.  He can fall asleep at the drop of a hat and me… well if I get up… then I’m up for hours afterwards.  I have taken my shift at running outside just once.

Although now we are getting used to anchoring and also used to what to set the anchor at.  Oh wait add a few strong winds going the opposite of the current and you have interesting swinging boat.  What would you think is stronger a 1 knot current or a 15 knot winds?  Which direction wins?  The current most always.  Normally without currents we set the boat into wind and anchor and we stay there most of the night but rivers are a challenge cuz the current is stronger.

This morning we got up a little late 6:30am, a much needed half an hour. I motored for the first 5 hours while Ben made the coffee.  We motored through a big expanse of water but yet could still only stay in the channel.  I was moroting at high tide so it was a good motoring for me.  Ben is doing well … I have not felt any hit yet.

Tonight we will anchor in Fort Pierce inlet somewhere. I have gotten a lot of work stuff done this afternoon and a little blogging… im excited for movie and popcorn night tonight!!! That will be fun and yummy!

We plan to be at our destination tomorrow… then my dad will pick us up on Sunday and we will play with him for 2 days then it is home for the holidays.!!!

I missed out on a turkey dinner so Im sure we will have you all over for thanksgiving!

Today same old story… dolphins, birds of all kinds, motoring past big houses small houses retirement homes, marshes and more marshes except today it was a bit warmer but rainy and cloudy 48-50 degrees is colder than 44 in the sun! BUT tomorrow it’s suppose to be in the 60! Are we in florida yet???