The morning light exposed my neighboring anchored boats. I have no idea what make boat this is? I don’t think I have ever seen anything like it?
I’m thinking the boat pictured below is a Nordic Tug?
I have no idea what this trawler below is but I think it’s pretty cool looking. Boat make identification is much harder than cars. We often talk about the style of the boat as being a pilothouse or trawler or Sportfisher, etc but it takes practice to notice the subtle details within the styles to be able to name the boat maker or brand.
Leaving Titusville, I pass under the Max Brewer Bridge.
Before I make it to Vero Beach I slow down to minimize my wake as I pass workers diving on a bridge.
I’m now approaching the Vero Beach marina that I reserved for Saturday and Sunday night. However, I won’t check in till the AM so I must find a suitable anchorage. The anchorage I planned to stay at turned out to be to small to fit me so I pushed on into the night until I found a more suitable anchorage. However, my first attempt at anchoring had my 88# Rocna anchor dragging when I backed down at only 730 RPM. I motored around the anchorage to try and find another spot but found much of the anchorage too shallow for me. It was dark and I was getting tired of circling around the already anchored boats so I just decided to drop again in the same spot. This time I successfully backed down at 800 RPM for a solid 2 minutes while I waited to see if the anchor would budge. It did not so I shutdown the diesel and tucked in for the night.
The morning’s light showed a calm water’s surface.
I hung around enjoying the view and my coffee while I waited to be sure that the marina crew would be there to accept my arrival. Soon I was passing under the Merrill Barber bridge. This area is a manatee zone so you must move very slowly to prevent an accidental strike with a manatee.
Once at the marina I only had to wait an hour or so and Teresa and Nathan were pulling into visit for the weekend. Soon we were off to the Bonefish Grill in Vero Beach for some seafood and drinks.
The next day we just hung out enjoying each other’s company and watched different boats come and go.
Nathan and I caught the Patriots game and the Jets game.
The journey to Vero Beach looked something like this.
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