Palm Bay, FL

This morning we topped off the water tank, rinsed the bird crap off the deck (stupid birds), and left the marina for parts south. Today was an easy day, only a 40-mile stretch to an anchorage near Palm Bay. So far things have been in working order -- both engines fired up first try, that's always a good thing. We weren't able to put the sails up since the wind was coming straight from the direction we wanted to go, but we made good time on one engine and arrived at the anchorage around 3pm. We have a couple more days of motoring south through Florida before we can get to our jumping off point at Lake Worth. It is looking like there will be good weather early next week for our crossing to the Bahamas. We are looking forward to being in clear water again. Right now both transoms are covered in sludge and there's no point in cleaning them off since the dark brown water just stains them again right away. Ick.

Where we are:
Location=Palm Bay, FL
Lat=27 59.428
Lon=80 32.375