Arrluk's Whale of a Tale

Saturday 2/23/13
We left Hammock Beach Resort to Daytona, FL. This will be a short day but one filled with bridges.

The only one we have seen so far

Last view of the resort

Bob was correct we did traverse under 7 bridges today the three above required a request to open. When Bob called the marina to make sure a spot was available we were reminded the Daytona 500 was on Sunday and there was no dock space. But wait a mega yacht was leaving and we would have a spot. Once docked we found ourselves surrounded by 100+ footers. All here for the race and owned by sponsors.

Even the M&M candies had a yacht

Another marina friend looking for a hand out

Sunday 2/24/13

We left Daytona and again headed south. Today with no required stop we are going as far as we can. The sights are much the same. Big houses with new docks next to older small houses and broken down docks.

Finally blue ocean water (better in person)

one sided lift bridge

advertising in the sky

One thing we are seeing a lot of are developments with water alleys for boats.

Notice the blue lines to the right

Here is what is we see

More alley parking

We spent the night on the hook right near Cape Canaveral. We traveled 74 miles today. When boaters talk about "swinging on the hook" when anchored below gives you an idea of what they mean. The green track is our position during the night as we were swinging on the hook.

Monday 2/25/13

Today we pulled the anchor at 7:37 am and headed south. Today will be another long day. We did some speed testing as the ARRLUK needs to do 9 knots in the Panama Canal. We confirmed she can do it. We also pushed the engines today at 1800 rpm and a steady 7 kts. Not much to look at that was different as we spent most of the day on the Indian River wide and straight.