Vero Beach to NASA Causeway
Days 150 – 152 April 3 – 5
Vero Beach is a very nice community. The municipal bus is free and stops at the Vero Beach City Marina… couldn’t be handier. I took the bus in to Publix to reprovision, bus schedule in hand. Before departing the bus I asked the driver what time he returned to this stop, he replied “I’ll be back in an hour.” It only took 15 minutes to pick up the few things I needed, but since the store was air conditioned, I puttered for another 40 minutes before heading out into the hot and humid mid-day weather. The bus came promptly at 60 minutes; however, what the driver hadn’t said was he was outbound – not returning to the marina! I waited, or rather wilted, another 30 minutes for the bus to return. Yet another lesson from the school of life – be specific with your questions.
We motor sailed with main 9 hours from Vero beach to the NASA causeway on Friday. Winds were 15-25 SE on our starboard aft quarter. We ran the engine at 1800 - 2000 rpms and still did 8 mph.
We had a number of dolphins playing with us on today. One of them even came up for a photo op!
Last night we anchored behind the NASA causeway. We were glad to have an anchor alarm, winds were 20-25, gusting to 30 all night.
This morning we are waiting to weigh anchor. We need to pass through the Ponce Inlet, where shoaling is a major problem, at mid to high tide which is not until 5-5:30PM. The weather early today is cloudy, severe thunderstorms are predicted for later this afternoon. We’re caught between the devil and the deep blue sea – the tides and the storms. We’ve made reservations at a marina in Daytona for two nights to wait out the weather.
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