Back on the Boat

After spending the month in Florida with family and friends we have returned to Breeze On and are preparing to begin our trip home. We had hoped for a nice, long weather window that would enable us to get as far as North Carolina or even the Chesapeake Bay, but it is not to be. We have a two-day weather window starting Monday so we plan to go to Brunswick, GA or perhaps a bit farther. It all depends on what comes next. If we know we will have to wait for several days we prefer Brunswick because we like the town. We have to decide by tomorrow. Making these decisions is never the fun part of sailing for us. 

Safe Harbor Harbortown Marina had a cocktail party by the pool last evening to introduce the new general manager. I went while George stayed on the boat and napped. While I was there I met a young couple who had just returned from the Bahamas on their sailboat. They are relatively new to sailing but quite adventurous. We had a fun time talking about sailing, fishing, and the Bahamas. I told them—as we tell everyone—we like to eat fish but we don’t catch them because we don’t want to clean them. After they described the mess the fish make while being cleaned I thought it is a good thing we don’t fish. I can only imagine the mess a bloody fish would make of our teak cockpit. Speaking of fish, we often see and hear snook right here in the marina and we also saw manatees in the Fort Pierce City Marina. We love feeling so connected to nature while living on a boat—even in a marina. 

Snook swimming by our boat at the marina. 

Manatees at the Fort Pierce City Marina.