19) Freeport
Saturday, March 28
We left Morgan's Bluff at 6:30 am and watched the sunrise on the Tongue of the Ocean. Kim put his fishing line out and instantly caught two baracudas and a Skipjack that was missing it's tail. Probably a baracuda tried to eat it.
Threw the baracuda back and filleted the Skipjack.
The sea state was calm and light winds. We thought we would get in around 8:00 pm, just after sunset. And once again the current was on the nose and with the light winds we slowed down to 5 knots. Slowly we made our way. 87 miles! We called the marina to let them know our ETA and they told us to tie up on the fuel dock and they will get us in a slip in the morning.
All was good. Watched cruise ships and freighters pass by. I baked chicken in the oven for dinner. Kim crushed cans to reduce our trash. Read a book to pass the time. Sunset around 7:30 pm and at 8:00 the wind jumped up to 15 knots heeled us over. It caught us off guard. We quickly reefed both sails to set us upright. We started moving at 7+ knots. Instead of midnight we were looking at it would be now 9:30 pm. Awesome! The waves started picking up the last two hours. Pulled into the channel at 9:30 pm and tied to the fuel dock. Whew! Glad that was over!
Sunday, March 29
We got into our slip around 8:30 am. It is so nice to be tied up as the winds starts to pick up. We are here for at least a week. Need a weather window to finish the 111 miles to Fort Pierce, FL.
The marina is so nice. Pool, restaurant, 1.7 miles to the grocery store. We walked to the store to get a few things. Came back to wash the salt off the boat and vacuum the inside. Winds are blowing at 15 knots with gusts of 20+ inside the marina. Can't imagine being out on the water where the winds are gusting at 30+ knots and waves are 4-5'. Yuck!
Monday, March 30
Winds are still howling. So glad we are here and not out there on the water.
Today we walked to the Straw Market which is only 1.6 miles away. Love the walk in the sunshine. We also walked to the beach.
We ate dinner at Pisces, the restaurant at the marina. The Chicken BBQ pizza was amazing!
