We're free... free at last... from VERO (aka Velcro) Beach... It's really is such an easy place to just "stay".
Free Bus service, cruising friends everywhere (that are fun, and helpful)... groceries close by, Happy hour places even closer... :) etc.

Anyway... we're OFF, and running South again... Albeit we didn't run very far, or fast today... just 10+ nm to Fort Pierce. The photo attached (for those of you that can get photos) is of sunset from the s/v "last Boat".

Susan and I went over there for dinner tonight ... YUMMMM shrimp and pasta... with rum and cokes...

After the plates were cleared... i got out the guitar... and played a bit... Still feeling my way, with the tender fingers...after not playing at all while we were doing the bottom work at Titusville.
We had everyone singing for a couple of the songs...
Nelson played a couple of chords, and song-starts, too... He has a guitar, but didn't bring it on this trip... :( bummer.

Tomorrow we'll take off for Lake Worth, about 0745 hours.. or so... I think it's only about 45 nm...

Then we'll take a REAL good look at the weather for an outside hop.... I think it doesn't really look favorable until late Wed. or Thursday.... we'll see.

This afternoon, after we anchored here in Ft. Pierce I emptied the engine room; tipped the workbench up at 45 degrees, and went to work on the watermaker to re-commission it after pickling, and not using it for 2 months...(titusville). It took a little coaxing, but after about 1/2 hour it was making great Water... so I continued to make water for about 2 hours...

Then came something I hadn't counted on... a clog in the fuel line (diesel) that connects the bow tank with the transfer pump (to the mid-ship tank). So that took a while to sort out... but now that pump will transfer fuel at the rated .25 GPM at 7 PSI. yeah!

The sun was out most of the afternoon, and it was gorgeous... So I straightened up the deck; storing lines, fenders, etc. STuff that was useful when moored with another vessel, but not useful from here on South.

Anyway... nice day... we'll have to get our sea legs back... after being on land for so long, then sitting at a sheltered mooring for 13 nights... It's nice to be rocking slightly to the waves, and wind.