Manatee pockets

Manatees don’t have pockets but we’re anchored in the “Manatee pocket”. It’s a little bay just off from the ICW on the east/south side of Stuart Fl. The City put out a regulation earlier this year that would have prevented any cruisers from anchoring in the pocket but Anna heard about it and joined many cruisers in writing letters to the city complaining about the closing of the pocket for anchoring. The city relented and re-opened the small bay. It’s a great place to stop for we have friends who live just a few miles away from here and hope to visit them soon. The city is also friendly to bikes and it’s only ½ of a mile to stores. Plus it’s warm!

Other cruisers anchored on their way south.
The pipe in the water by the yellow bouy is a dredging pipe. They are dredging the aft bay where we normally anchor so, we are in the middle bay.