To Little Sister creek

 I timed my departure through the "Bridge of Lions", not the "Lion Bridge" as I had first called it, and was corrected by the bridge master.  Crossed the bridge at 9AM.  

Easy motor run, arriving at the free dock at Little Sister Creek at 3PM.  I had to dock single-handedly.  Conditions were not as bad as the last time I docked here, thanks to lots of help.

Walked a little and stayed for an extra day.

I had to tighten the shaft packing again.  I also changed the transmission oil at the same time.

Had some cocktails and went to Keith's boat to look at his charts, where I introduced him to using Aquamap.

I came back to Bellum to update this blog and made a late supper of Ramen with yesterday's sausage.  Same as my brunch earlier today.

Spent two nights here resting….

To St Augustine

I weighed anchor at 8:10 and headed north to St. Augustine.  

I got some motor sailing in.  Arrived and anchored south of St Augustine mooring field.  

Tuesday morning, I tried calling in for a mooring ball, but Nick was not too cooperative, saying check-in was at 11 AM.

The winds shifted, so I had to re-anchor.  I didn't want to wait until 11 to get a mooring ball, so I dinghied into St. Augustine Marine Marina, disposed of my garbage, updated some iPad movies, and walked to Sailors Exchange to look for more items for the boat.  Got a new Hella anchor light and another new RAM 3 mike for the cockpit.  This one worked.  After a tour of the town and a shower, I returned to BELLUM to find that she was again close to the same neighbour's boat.  I re-anchored.

Made some sausages, potatoes, and onions.

The next morning, I departed north.  Again, the boats swung too close, but I was leaving anyway.

To Daytona

After some pondering about visiting Titusville, I decided to head north for Daytona at 11AM.  

At 6PM, I decided to anchor south of Daggert Island, about 8 miles short of Daytona. Lovely sunset all by myself.  There was some local boat traffic, but quiet after dark.

The next morning (Saturday), I weighed anchor and headed for Daytona, anchoring exactly where I anchored last December.  I went shopping, had lunch at Checker's visited Surplus Unlimited, a marine store that was closed the last time I was there.  Visited a couple of Amazon Bin stores and had a long walk back to the boat at Bethune Park.

Sabastien to Cocoa Beach and Titusville

We motored for 7 hours to get to Cocoa Beach.  We tried to stay at the public dock, but it was under construction.  We anchored nearby.

Visited S F Travis CO, an amazing hardware store.  Then we crossed the bridge to visit Harbor Freight and West Marine.

While walking back, I gave $20 to a panhandler, which upset Chris.  We were looking forward to seeing the Dragon Crew 10 launch, which was scrubbed due to hydraulic problems with the launch pad.

The Bier Garden, which I had wanted to return to, had closed its kitchen, so we ended up at Ryan's Pizza and Pub.  

On Thursday, the 13th, we walked through Cocoa Beach and then returned to Ryan's Pizza to update our iPad, computer, and other devices.  

The shuttle arrived, and Chris departed. I then returned to the boat and headed off to Titusville.  Access was limited, so I returned to Bellum after spending the evening at the north end of the bridge.  

As previously mentioned, Titusville was disappointing.