Indian River

 

 

Sailing down the Indian River you pass many excellent places to anchor and you see lots of boats either in the anchorages or traveling along the way. We left Titusville and headed south to Cocoa Beach for the night before heading further south to Vero for our next night. Cocoa Beach is a good stopping point for cruisers who like to anchor. It has the biggest hardware store on the east coast of Florida, a nice ‘touristy’ town to walk around and a direct bus route to the larger stores for shoping. It also has a good dinghy dock for cruisers who like to anchor out (unlike Vero Beach which is definitely not friendly to people who anchor out). The Cocoa Beach anchorage had some unusual boats too, like this home built, steel hulled, gaff rigged schooner that has no engine!

While we were there, they left their mooring under sail and hours later, returned under sail. It’s hart warming to see good boat handling at a time when everyone uses a motor to accomplish this task.

In the morning we awoke to this sight. I wish that the picture could convey the colors of the clouds, the feel of the air and the sight of a squadron of pelicans gliding by just before I took this picture.

While sailing south we also passed this nice ketch...

and were passed by this speedy power catamaran. The best is last though,,,, my next boat!

Ain’t she a beauty? Hey Nancy, I bet that this one would be large enough! (-;