We left Harbortown Marina in Merritt Island on Thursday, Jan.4, waiting out the weather for a bit and leaving in a cool drizzle. Our stop for the night was an old favorite place on the waterway, Marker 21. We did a lot of boating in past years with the boys in that area and have many happy memories that we reflected on that night. We anchored behind the island, hoping to have protection from the wind for the night but it was quite a windy evening. Fortunately we've become pretty used to a rock and a roll while we sleep.
We experimented with using only one engine during the 7 hours of travel to see if we could save fuel. The boat actually performed very well on one engine. At 1000 RPMs we managed 7.4 mph. With both engines at 1000 RPMs, the speed increased to 8.6 mph only. We are hoping that this indicates that we might save a good bit of fuel by alterating between engines in future travel.
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| The girls out for lunch, Marcy, Colleen and Marla |
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| Marker 21 |
Friday morning we traveled on to Vero Beach. Wayne's oldest brother, Howard, and his wife, Donna, live in the Vero Beach area.
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| For a few days we kept company with some pretty fancy boats at the Quail Valley Yacht Club. We've moved now to a buoy at the Vero Beach City Marina. |
We've traveled sixty-five miles from our last stop in Merritt Island and have been in Vero Beach for the past three days. On Friday afternoon Howard and Donna spirited us off to their house to treat us to real showers and loaned us a vehicle. What luxury! We've had two days of hanging out with them and are looking forward to seeing more of them before we leave here around Thursday.
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| Howard and Donna joined us for supper on the boat. |
One terrible piece of news - my sewing machine is not working properly! AWK!!! We may have to stay here long enough to get it repaired. It is absolutely an essential piece of equipment on Cool Change.
The weather has finally become the warm, balmy tropical temperatures that we've been chasing for almost two months and we're loving it. It reached 80 degrees here today while we hear of 4-8 inches of snow from friends in North Carolina.
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| Palm trees in the background, shorts and short sleeves on Wayne. This is what we came for. |
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