May 20, 2021
Anchored near Ft. Peirce, where there were 40+ knot winds blowing and a large sailboat anchored so they the about 50 yards from me. Luckily all anchors held. The morning still saw 20+ winds and didn’t think I wanted to try and pull the anchor with my close friends nearby. I cooked a nice breakfast, eggs and hash – yummy, expecting to stay put all day when, low and behold, my sailboat friends cruised by while I was eating. Yippy, yippy! I quickly got everything ready and pulled outta Dodge. It was still windy but hit a narrow protected area of the ICW and it was everything I imagined cruising could be. Cool breeze, great views, few if any boats, totally no stress. Of course that couldn’t continue. I hit an open area on the Indian River and noticed a pretty good sand bar on the right so I veered to the left. Rookie mistake! There were also shoals on the left and ended up go out of the channel. Luckily, I was able to bounce through and go back to deeper water. No harm, no foul, more bruised ego. A little later an annoying alarm went off on the engine console however the engine was still humming along. It looks like an injector is acting up so one more thing to investigate and fix. Finally made it to an anchorage a little North of Melbourne FL at a beautiful spot off of Banana Island.
