Vero Beach!
Rafted to Another Boat at Vero Beach
Two hours north on the ICW this afternoon brought us to our destination, Vero Beach. There are many boats here tied to mooring balls so you have to raft up to someone. What that means is one boat is tied to the mooring and we come alongside and tie to the first boat. You have to be careful not to ding your neighbor as you come in, we did well on that part. You tie up tight on the other boat with fenders between the boats to keep from knocking and scraping against each other.
We arrived at 5 p.m., just as everything was shutting down. The reason for the late arrival was to wait for low tide, to once again get under the low bridges. This morning we walked around Ft. Pierce and went to what I’m calling the Manatee Museum (not sure of the actual name). Haven’t see any manatees as of yet though. However, we still saw many dolphin and other big fish jumping around.
Tonight we were greeted by a the local Christmas carolers, on kayaks decorated with lights. Our song was “Frosty the Snowman.” They were all locals going out to various boats in the marina and singing, kind of cool and quite different, given that it’s about 80 degrees!
Settling down for a month here.
Posted in Sailing by Mark with 1 comment.
Nice place to spend Christmas.