Back at Fort Pierce
02 May 2012
Dick
Our last couple of weeks have been spent moving back up the coast heading for Fort Pierce where we will put the boat up on the hard for the summer. We spent a few days in the Miami area staying at a number of anchorages. At No Name Harbor a boat dragged down on us at about 5 AM in the pouring rain, which got our day off to a bad start. The small trawler hooked our chain with his hard dinghy which was firmly attached to his stern. We could not push the other boat off while the wind was blowing it against us and so after a short while our anchor let go and we were pushed into some mangroves. Not long after that the wind let up as the squall passed by. In the end no one was hurt and no damage to the boat except for a few small scratches.
We moved to a few other anchorages in the Miami area. One day we were able to tour the Holocaust Memorial located at South Beach Miami. It was a moving experience. The whole presentation of the historical event was so well done we felt fortunate to have been able to see it.
Presently we are doing all the usual work we do each year to put the boat in storage for the summer. Afterward we will be flying home with plans to return in November.