Change of plan-port canaveral here we come!
07 February 2015
The updated weather forecast showed worsening conditions ahead, and another night of rocking and rolling was not at all appealing, so we decided to come in 60 nm sooner at port canaveral. Absolutely knackered, we arrived at the inlet at about 6pm, after 32 hours and 142 nautical miles. The sun was setting and all that lay between us and the anchorage was 2miles of congested canal, a bridge we had to radio to be opened and a lock. So just to keep things interesting, the autopilot decided to freeze up for a minute, as we were passing a coastguard boat! Some jiggling and brute force fixed that, and we made it to the anchorage, only to hit a shallow spot. Thankfully we didn't get stuck, and found a deeper spot to drop the anchor, and finally relax. Frazzled and bleary eyed we ate and crashed out. Pheweeeee what a trip!