13 December – Vero Beach – Fort Pierce, Florida
After a very short 2.5 hour motoring from Vero Beach we have arrived to Fort Pierce City Marina, Florida, which will be our December home base. Yes it is 2 weeks later than originally scheduled, but we made it safely, and relatively comfortably. Thankfully the marina was patient kept our reservation with all the changes we made over the past few weeks.
Bob wasn’t expecting much current today, and when the boat significantly slowed down for no apparent reason and the steering just felt a bit “different” he feared we had once again snagged a crab pot. What are the chances of that happening again? The boat did pick up speed again after passing an inlet which would indicate that it was indeed current that had been slowing us down, but just to be safe we’ll find a diver to suss it all out.
When we arrived at the marina, a diver just happened to be working on a boat a few slips up from us, and was willing to dive our boat and see if were again dragging something. We were pleased to learn that this time there was no crab pot attached to the rudder, although the rudder was a bit looser than ideal. So, a new to do item to be added to our “to do with our next haul out” list – whenever that is.
The weather was beautiful, and the water calm as we settled into our slip and met our neighbors.
Our cockpit overlooks the main fairway and we are able to watch dolphins, manatees, jumping fish, and of course the pelicans.
This marina has not one but TWO on-site tiki bars —- life is good!