We started at 6:30 am and ran for ten hours. The day was sunny and mild with a light breeze. Just before lunch, we stopped for fuel at the Vero Beach Municipal mooring field that we had heard so many good things about. There we met Bob and Deb Lacy aboard their Gemini, Ancient Mariner. Bob had been hurt riding the city bus the day before and had a couple of badly bruised ribs. Not to worry, his wife, Deb, a retired nurse, had plenty of pain medicine on board. Bob and Deb had owned their catamaran for a few years, but this was their first real voyage away from home and they were heading for the Bahamas for the winter.
We were impressed with the mooring field and could see why people enjoyed staying there. It was a little community within itself and very well protected from the wind and waves. We were told that the marina’s nickname was “Velcro Beach” since so many arrived with the intention of moving on, but stayed in the harbor instead.
When we left in the morning, we thought we might make it all the way to Stuart, however, at 4:30 pm we realized that was not going to happen and dropped the hook near Jensen Beach just off the ICW.
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