6504 We arrived in Vero Beach after a leisurely cruise from Cocoa. We were finally able to cruise with the pilothouse doors open in the afternoon with temps in the low 70’s, but what a welcome relief from the cold of the last few weeks. Vero is like old home week, we were assigned a […]
Archive for January, 2010
Cocoa
Jan 14th 2010Cruise Log & Location & Southbound 09
We arrived here at Cocoa on Tuesday afternoon after a nice cruise from Port Orange. It was still pretty chilly, but we were quite comfortable in the sunny pilothouse. The lows overnight dipped into the 30’s on Tuesday night, but not low enough to require running the heat overnight, and no more freezing hoses! Water […]
Welcome to the Arctic South…
Jan 11th 2010Cruise Log & Location & Southbound 09
6486 OK, enough of this. This is FLORIDA… it’s not supposed to be in the 20’s!!! There was snow and sleet on Saturday morning, and night time temperatures have been in the high 20’s. Daytime highs are at record lows. It hasn’t been this cold here for 35 years, and the records are dropping like […]
Brrrrrr…..
Jan 3rd 2010Life aboard
Frozen hoses this morning, frosty decks and the pier sparkling in the morning sun through a coating of frost.There’s no water at most of the hose bibbs as they’re frozen! At least there is no snow, but the heat was running more than it was off through the night, a sure indicator that baby, it’s […]
Happy New Year!!
Jan 3rd 2010Life aboard
We ushered in the New Year with the cruising community here at Brunswick Landing with a party at the marina clubhouse. Plenty of food and conversation, and the evening was warm enough to be out without a jacket. It’s always interesting to share stories with other cruisers. We had a visit on Wednesday from Susan […]