Today we travelled 54 miles in more time than it took us yesterday to go 61 miles. We left St Augustine with the tidal current and made it easily through Matanzas Inlet, a place known for terrible shoaling. We came through at almost high tide but found it had been dredged and we had no problems at all. There were a lot of boats moving south along the ICW and a lot of pleasure boats out. We forgot it was the weekend so we had to deal with lots of rolling waves from boats moving by at high speed. That also slows down our forward speed as well as running against the current and wind for at least half of the day.
When we turned on the GPS this morning we discovered the autopilot was 180' off the compass reading. Because of that our screen was completely in reverse. The boat icon was upside down and travelling in reverse. Try following a route in that mode! Anyway about half way to Daytona we found a manual which explained how to recalibrate the autopilot. It worked so we hope it is correct tomorrow too!
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| Osprey having lunch in St Augustine |
We pulled into Halifax Harbor marina for the night. The wind was blowing 20 and the current was fierce so we decided not to anchor. Docking was not an easy feat either with the wind...and the dock hand who came to help was useless and tied the lines too loose. Our boat kept drifting into the piling between slips. Once we retied the lines we eventually relaxed. It was so much easier to do this trip last year in 26 hours going outside!
We had a nice surprise after sunset. Three boats down from us they were decorating it with Christmas lights. The Christmas boat parade must be next weekend. Pretty!
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| partly done |
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