Up at 5:45 and hoisted anchor at 6:15. There is a bridge in New Smyrna called the George Musson memorial and it opens on demand until 7 a.m. then on the hour and 1/2 hr so we wanted to get through it before 7. We were successful and are now on our way to Cocoa Beach, our destination for today.

We had light winds and calm water, so much so was hard to see the markers since the water is like glass. We are in the Indian River which will take us all the way to Cocoa. It is very wide, not lots to see, and not real deep. An observation - when you’re in any body of water along the intra coastal you think that if it is wide it should be deep, but the only deep water that you see is if you are in a major river, and even then it gets shallow. You have to be constantly on your toes and not take your eyes off the track and the day marks on the water.
We have seen lots of dolphins both in our anchorages and feeding along the way. It’s really neat to see them surface around your boat.

We made great time and by 1:45p.m. we were at the Canaveral canal and about 11 mile from the Harbor Square now known as Cape Crossing Resort and Marina. When I called the marina Capt. Mike said that our slip would not be where we were before, but across from the condos. I had lines on both sides and when we got there, it didn’t look wide enough and when I tossed him the bow line and Tom started to go forward he went aground. Capt. Mike said there was a hump there and we said we didn’t want this slip, didn’t he have the one we were in the last time. He finally relented and we ended up in the same slip as we had before. Needless to say we were a lot pissed! that he didn’t put us there in the first place.

Once in the slip we asked for a pump out (they have access in front of the slips) and we were able to empty both tanks. Tom emptied two Gerry cans of fuel and then a man called Gumby (he lives on his boat in the marina - Gulfstar ‘42 that needs LOTS of work and helps out for his dockage) drove Tom to a gas station to fill them again. While he was gone I washed the boat and filled the water tank.

Our cockpit is facing west so the sun is coming straight in and making it unbearable to sit back there. Glad to be at a dock so we can have the a/c. Had dinner, ate inside, and then took a walk around and also got rid of our garbage. Tom and I both took showers and then had coffee and ice cream w/strawberries.

We will leave early again tomorrow and get to our last anchorage before home

Traveled 47.01 nm in 8 hr. 13 min.