Moved south 12 miles to Ft. Pierce this morning. A good blow from the north made it a short trip. 15 - 25 kts had me cruising 6.5 - 7 kts with just the Genoa (head sail). I had planned to get together with Joe and Deb again as they came in from the outside from near Titusville early this morning, but they are anchored in an area that has lots of wind and current, and being the fair weather friend I am (not really!) I anchored in an area more protected a mile and a half away. It would be a wet dinghy ride over there so I did some more work on the boat instead. They are meeting with a friend of theirs which is why they are where they are. The wind is supposed to shift Monday night/Tuesday morning, so I will probably move over closer to them then. I plan to hang in this area for a couple of days and see the sights. Then I will move to the St. Lucie area. I have read about some neat things to see there.

Today's picture is a good example of what not to do when picking a spot to anchor that is shallow at high tide. I don't know if that is exactly what they did (they may have been blown in there, I suppose) but they are going to be looking for some help if the tide does not float them off.