We had a fun day on the ICW today traveling from St. Augustine to Daytona Beach. Both of these towns are firsts for Tom and me and it has been enjoyable seeing them from a water perspective.

Today we passed a boat Lanna Kai from Annapolis, MD. Once passed, the captain radioed us and asked us about the flag we were flying. He recognized the P. C. flag but not our burgee. I told him we were members of the BYC and that Tom was the P.C. and he went on to say that we were the third boat (counting his) in a row with a PC on board.. He went on to say that he was PC of the Annapolis YC and the other boat ahead of us was a PC from the Hampton Yacht club. When he mentioned that, I said "yes I know, we met them in Morehead City and have been semi traveling with them since that time". Of course I'm referring to Greg and Judy from Magic II. We continued our conversation and found that they have traversed the ICW for the last 18 years and currently make their home in Marathon, FL. They are on their way back there having gone up to New England for a few months and when they are done they will have gone over 4000 miles (and I thought we were doing well at over 1700)

We had made arrangements with the Sunset Harbor Yacht Club in Daytona Beach the day before to dock there for the night - they offer 1 night free dockage plus $6.00 for 30 amp service. It was a tricky entry again for the dock is short and again we needed to deal with pilings. Fortunately there were two able bodied men to grab our lines, the harbor master Rob and an assistant, Steve. Without their help it would have been very unpleasant.

After awhile we went up to the clubhouse to meet Diane Larson, Director of Membership who we originally spoke to when we made our reservations. Diane made us feel most welcome, gave us a tour of the clubhouse - a beautiful Mediterranean style building with a pool and hot tub overlooking the marina, a large formal and informal dining room downstairs and a large banquet rooms upstairs available to the general public (Don Wharf, manager of the BYC would die for this large room to book parties). Diane presented us with a burgee from their club and took our picture while holding it. We in turn will send her a BYC burgee for them to hang in the informal dining area.

During the outside tour Tom asked about a new building going up and what it was going to be. Diane told us that the land and waterfront in front of it belonged to the family who owns NASCAR and the Daytona speedway. The building will be their new corporate headquarters. On the dock was his 95' yacht named HiBanxs.

After the tour and thanking Diane for her kindness and hospitality we went back to the boat. We are planning on having dinner in their dining room tonight. Stay tuned for the entry tomorrow to see how it was.