Daytona

969 nm   N29 12.007   W081 00.410

Back to our usual routine, up early and on the way by 7am.    Pearl got a head start on us and was already a mile down the river.  Today's plan was 47 nm to Daytona, where we would anchor.  The current was in our favor, and there were no trouble spots along the way, so it promised to be an uneventful day.

We got in around 2:30pm with plenty of daylight left.  As usual, Pearl was already at anchor and settled in.  We threaded through a mix of transient and "local" boats, all at anchor, and dropped the hook close to Pearl and a little bit inshore of them.    A sailboat only 4 or 5 boat lengths inshore of us was hard aground and heeled over 10 degrees.  A bit intimidating,  but the tide here is almost non-existent, less than a foot.  A blessed relief after the 9 foot tides of Georgia!!  We were in 8 ft of water and it would only increase to 9.  Perfect!

Life is good.