April 15 Thursday We left Titusville this morning having a heck of a time getting out of the tie up. Snow Goose only likes to back up turning starboard and there was no turnaround room. Convincing her to back out of the marina took some doing, but it happened and we had a good day even if we did fight the tide and wind most of the day. We dropped our anchor outside the Memorial Bridge in Daytona. Dealing with the bridge opening and closing times is always an issue, and this bridge was closed between 4:45 and 5:45 p.m. so we anchored South of the bridge.
April 16 Friday. The bridge opened for boats again at 8:45 am and we were ready. We saw some Manatees today. They certainly are ugly. I wouldn't want to be the boat that hit them. Huge! Today was warmer, less wind and nice until we reached Matanzas Island - South of St. Augustine. There was a red buoy and three temporary green buoys. The temporary green buoys have not been moved close enough to shore, shoaling has moved in, and we were the 6th boat USTowBoat has towed out of there today. Boy were we aground! After our rescue, we motored about 6 miles up the ICW and dropped anchor at 5:30 p.m.
April 17 Saturday. Left our quiet beautiful little anchorage for St. Augustine where we hit the fuel dock first and then pulled into the marina. We had planned to stay a couple of days, but it looks like we will be here a little longer. Snow Goose has starter problems, and this time it involves a replacement. That isn't going to happen until Monday at the earliest. So here we are in the historic city of St. Augustine and will enjoy it and perhaps catch up with some cruising friends, the Coles aboard Moon Wind, with whom we sailed down the ICW for a time.
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