Where I was anchored the past few days had a mud bottom ... a very muddy bottom. And with the wind coming from every direction over those days, plus some current, the chain got dragged and buried in mud. Even the deck wash had trouble hosing it off when I pulled it up. I blame the curly hose for reducing the pressure. To unclog the anchor locker, I used the toilet plunger, which thankfully has never been used on the toilet. I had a muddy mess, held a bit at bay thanks to the deck wash.

Today must be Saturday or something - weekend. The ICW was hopping. Nonstop Runabouts buzzing back and forth. Getting waked simultaneously by one coming and one going was not uncommon. Pontoon boats, jet skis, tubing, you name it, it was happening. Fishing, camping, camping and hanging out on sand bars ... folks were everywhere. Very hectic.

The wind was on the nose again today, about 15 knots. My first few hours today were spent going 4.5 knots against the current. Then the last few hours I was getting 7.2 with the current. The last few hours were also stressful with shoaling and shallow water. I finished my trip on the ICW covering the same stretch I did my first day on the ICW. But I didn't remember it being so worrisome like today. So I looked at my logs and the tides. I probably had three more feet of water that first day. So instead of watching the depth go down from 10 to 9 to 8, and hoping it wouldn't go any lower, I most likely never saw anything less than 10 feet and enjoyed the winding road. Still, when obvious sand bars seem so close beside you, but that is where the deep water is, you stay alert.

I made the long dinghy ride to the dock. Engine behaved. No audible leaking. It seemed like if I stressed the fitting, it would leak a touch. Maybe it needs tightening. The engine otherwise seemed to work fine.