Richie fashioned and impromptu tiller this morning so rather than freeze his butt off under the Bimini he could hand steer and sit in the sun. This is number two in his new series a thousand useful uses for a boat hook.


Yes 42 degrees is what we woke up to this morning! Why the hell did we not think to bring gloves? We are back to wearing 5 layers, plus a blanket, and I decided to wear the shower mitts in the absence of proper gloves. They were useless by the way.

Onwards and southward. Destination today is Fort Pierce, where the temperatures aren’t much better. Still, having spoken to our friend Monica back at the boatyard, it’s positively tropical compared to the 33 degrees they have today. Brrrrr!

Lots of miles travelled today without incident apart from running over a crab bouy in the middle of the bloody channel. Thankfully it passed between the hulls thus saving Richie a dip in the water to free it from the propeller. Think he would have declined and just dragged it's sorry arise somewhere warmer.
Found nice sheltered anchorage from the biting north wind just south of Fort Pierce Inlet.

Curry tonight for warmth and a peaceful night Sleep beckons. 50 miles left to Lake Worth or many hundred if Gill insists on going to Forth Worth. For those of you that don’t know Lake Worth is our launch point for the Bahamas in West Palm Beach and Fort Worth is in Texas!

Don’t want to tempt the weather God’s but our crossing of the Gulf Stream is imminent.