En Route At Last

At Sea
N 31 53 W 080 38

Ah, it feels so good to be out at sea again. It's a beautiful day. The sea is nearly flat; no waves. We are close hauled in to a gentle 10 knot breeze. However, the wind should clock around to come from behind as the day goes on. Still better, we should have moderate winds from a good direction for 4 days. That bodes well for us making a run all the 320 miles from here to Fort Pierce. That should take us 72 hours. At the very least, it sure beats 10 or more days of motoring on the ICW through
Georgia and Florida.

The only down side is that we'll have to put up with a couple of very cold nights. It dipped down in to the 30s last night. Libby and I are dressed in multiple layers with long thermal underwear, wool hats and gloves. I also have hand warmers and foot warmers to use in the dead of night.

Just now, only a couple of hours out, I picked up my glasses and the lens fell out. The screw that holds them together vanished. We do have an eyeglass repair kit, but using in on a rolling boat can be a challenge. What timing; it's Murphy's Law reasserting itself.