On the Bounding Main, day 3 (hump day)

Most of the rains have passed, the sunrise is visible and it quickly turns hot and humid. Water temperature is 78 degrees and the air temperature is. 80 degrees. This is a far cry from my previous trips where morning temperatures were in the 30’s

This being our third day at see we all decided that it was time for a shower. The nice thing about Island Packets is that they come with a large water tank (145 gallons) a great shower in the head (bathroom) and an 11 gallon water heater providing plenty of hot water. So we all took showers - not together. 

For lunch, Drew made fried eggs on bread (the kind where you make a hole in the bread slice, put the bread in a frying pan, out the egg in the hole and fry. Looked good. I decided on a roast beef and lettuce sandwich on pumpernickel bread with an apple for dessert. Atkins wouldn’t approve, but then he’s not on the boat

No wind today...the ocean is unusually smooth...and so we motored 

We’ve calculated that if we maintain an average speed of 5.4 knots we’ll be in the Fort Pierce inlet at 8:30 am on Friday and so that’s our goal. If we stay close to shore we’ll pick up a counter-current that comes off the stream which should give us a little lift. We’ll see

We used so little fuel on Monday that we’re comfortable we won’t run out 

We spent the day napping, relaxing, looking at the sea and just motoring along new kept the staysail up, but mostly for decoration 

At 4:30 pm we crossed into the waters off the coast of Florida!  All we have to do now is cruise down the coast, past St Johns River, past St Augustine, past Cape Canaveral and on into the Fort Pierce inlet. You get a sense of how big Florida is when you realize it will still take a day and a half and Fort Pierce is only half way to Miami!