Spent a great evening with Terri and Wes Malone… happy hour at the Chart House right in the marina and drinks and dessert at Little Italy in Daytona… capped it off with breakfast before we left at a great little Cuban place… was a good visit.

We got back from breakfast around 0945 and were underway at approximately 1000… destination today Palm Coast, FL to visit with friends we have there.

Another very short day arriving to Palm Coast at approximately 1400…. We were secure at the dock at 1415. Our position for the night is N29°35.470’, W081°12.448'. We traveled today for 4.25 hours covering 26.6 nautical miles averaging 6.25 knots.

At 1430 all hell broke loose with the weather… 20 to 30 knot winds, lightning and down pouring rain… I think I even saw some small hail bouncing off the foredeck… we arrived just in the nick of time…

We will spend 2 days here in Palm Coast departing on Monday.

We spent a lovely evening with our friends Charlotte and Peter Behr catching up… we have not seen them since 2017… looking forward to catching up with them today.
We will be sure the next visit is not 5 years from now.

We had a sort day planned for today going to Daytona Beach, FL to visit our friends Terri and Wes Malone… we were dock mates with them in Punta Gorda for several years… have not seen them in a long time… not sure when the last time was to be honest.

We tossed dock lines and were underway at approximately 1145 and off to Daytona Beach… 20 minutes underway and we passed by Charlotte and Peter Behr’s Condo just off the ICW… we waved to them as we passed… they were out on their balcony… such a good time with them last night.

Very short trip today arriving to Daytona at approximately 1345… we had reservations for a slip at Daytona Marina and Boatworks… We were secure in the slip at 1400.
Our position for the night is N29°12.117’, W081°00.627'. We traveled today for 2.25 hours covering 13.0 nautical miles averaging 5.75 knots.

Was very windy and noisy night on the mooring ball… winds were steady all night over 20 knots… checked several times and saw winds gusting to 28 knots… our bow line was singing all night long as it slipped side to side through the mooring’s painter line eye…. Neither of us or the dogs got a lot of sleep.

Wind did settle down a bit around sunrise to 15 to 20 knots out of the SW… with the SW wind we were in the lee of the land, so it was windy but not rough as it had been during the night with the SSE winds.

Dropped the mooring line at 0730 and we were underway north with a destination of New Smyrna Beach, FL. We had plans to meet our dear friends Charlotte and Peter Behr… we have not seen them since 2017… looking forward to catching up with them today.

We were secure for the night at New Smyrna Beach Marina at approximately 1145. Our position for the night is N29°01.902’, W080°54.847'. We traveled today for 4.25 hours covering 28.34 nautical miles averaging 6.7 knots.