Another lovely sunset.....ain't much else to take a picture of yet. Taking a lot of black and white and sepia, find them more interesting.

Sadly we have missed our weather window to cross to the Bahamas. After waking up Friday with some kind of stomach upset, Saturday and Sunday only got worse then Richard joined in and the boat was in quarantine. We originally planned to leave Sunday but we were both still pretty poorly so we didn’t want to set off until we felt 100%. Today was also a good day but we haven’t been eating much and are still a little dehydrated so we're staying put until Friday which is our next good window.

Decided to move back up north to Fort Pierce where it’s a bit quieter. Lake Worth was a nice anchorage but it was party central of a night with a yacht going in and out of the channel blaring what I can only describe as something sounding like a salsa version of ‘the birdie song’? Our English readers will know what I mean, American readers will have to Google it and listen. Be warned, it’s unpleasant and will stick in your head for weeks! It then had a Beatles tribute band on board and that did it for me, we had to leave.

Back at our last anchorage, lovely and sunny and peaceful! There’s also a very nice marina opposite – Fort Pierce city marina – who, for the princely sum of $5 per person will let you tie up your dinghy, use their very plush showers and laundry facilities, and let us fill up our water containers. They also had 2 very nice restaurants so after a luxurious shower we sat and had a light lunch (cos that’s a our stomachs would allow) while the laundry was in the dryer. Simple pleasures. Can’t recommend this place enough to any other cruisers, very pleasant staff, great facilities.

So that has been our day, unexciting but restful. We’re both feeling better so tomorrow and Wednesday we hope to go out and do a few hours with it a sails up and make sure both boat and crew are up to the crossing on Friday. The boat will be fine, not so sure about the crew. Our sea legs need a little physiotherapy as they’ve gone to jelly over the last few days. We’re in no hurry, the Bahamas will still be there next week.