Friday January 28, 2011 - Ponce de Leon and other such famous sailors….

We finally left our cozy spot in St. Augustine after spending 3 days getting our water maker fixed…yes, now we can use water copiously and wastefully!  Given that we need to run the water maker at least every other day, we are now under pressure to use a lot of water, so we can top up our tank on a regular basis.  Gee, that is going to be really hard to do….!!  We met a wonderful couple, Kevin and Katie, who have a lovely sailboat they keep in the same marina.  Kevin is English, from Chichester, and Katie is from Wisconsin.  They have traveled all over the world, and we found we had quite a lot in common, even down to her and my sapphire blue fiat spider!!  Here’s to you guys, we hope to see you again very soon!!

We had a fabulous cruise from St. Augustine to Ponce de Leon Inlet, about 50 miles on the “outside”.  We had a beautiful sunny day, warm and flat seas.  It was still a bit cool, but we didn’t care, we were heading for the real south!  We anchored just off a mooring field near New Smyrna Beach.  We had to hunt and peck for a good anchoring spot, as the ICW is VERY shallow in that area.  We eventually found a good spot, but had to go through the bascule bridge (hadn’t done one of those in a while!)!!

After an incredibly quiet night, we set off at first light, going through the bascule bridge again, and headed out of the inlet onto Cape Canaveral on the outside.