Port Canaveral was an easy place to check-in with customs and immigration, but Port Cove marina was a little on the expensive side at $80 per night. We were on a floating dock that was exposed to the waves coming through the inlet driven by 25 knot winds. Spray was coming over the bow of the boat from breaking waves. It made for a bouncy night at the dock, but we were so tired it didn’t matter.
We spent the morning visiting with Brenda as she was heading back to NY. She was good crew and will be missed on the rest of the voyage. She gave us presents before leaving. That isn’t the way crew are supposed to behave!
Brenda caught a shuttle to the Airport at 1100 and we looked for another place to spend the night. Called Harbortown marina on the VHF and they had room for us. Although it was only 2.6 miles away, we had to wait for a three span lift bridge to open and then get lowered a foot using the Canaveral Lock. Both the bridge and lock operators were very accommodating and we made it through without any delays. Outside the lock we were greeted by dolphins and pelicans as the barge canal crossed the Banana River.
An hour after leaving Port Cove we were safely tied up at Harbortown and Noah was headed for the pool. The price was less than half that of Port Marine and the harbor is completely protected. The only real dangers here are the alligators sunning themselves on the shore line.
We enjoyed dinner at the marina restaurant Wednesday night, chowing down on salads. Fresh vegetables were few and far between in the Bahamas.

m/v Hattitudes

Noah found kids to play with, Shamus and Ocean, on a boat called Hattitudes. They invited him over to watch Star Wars on their big sport fishing boat, so he was a happy camper.
We considered leaving today, but the winds were blowing 25 in this, very protected, marina. With forecasts of 20-25 gusting to 30 we elected to stay another day and do a few boat projects. Noah completed yesterday and today’s lessons and then headed for the pool. Beth and I planned our Intracoastal Waterway route north to insure we could get home in time for me to go back to work. Beth borrowed a bicycle from the marina and went off to supplement our cereal supply. The Hattitudes kids had to go back to Orlando this afternoon and Noah went off to play basketball with David from Emerald Sea, a boat with a hailing port of New Bern, NC that has a new local owner. Checking on the boys, they had found two others boys and opened a “store” with a birds nest, palm fronds and a live lizard in a pepsi bottle. They were thrilled when someone bought the lizard for 4 cents. Had to haul them both back to the boat to treat all the mosquito bites with ammonia.

Marina Resident

The winds are supposed to lay down to 20 tomorrow, so we plan to head north to New Smyrna beach. We did hear from “Our Turn” and they made it to St Simons, Georgia motorsailing all the way. They reported that Grateful Attitudes reached Fernandina Beach, FL. Sister Brenda safely landed in Albany, NY proving the proverb: “Nothing goes to windward like a 747!”