Vero Beach (also known as Velcro Beach) has us "stuck"

We waited until the sun was up before leaving Cocoa.

The trip from Cocoa to Vero Beach was a little shorter than the trip from Daytona, so we were comfortable putting off our departure until 8 am.  The day was still chilly, but the sun made intermittent appearances and the breeze was still from the north so we were able to use the jenny and for the first time in a long time we used our whisker pole to keep the jenny full.

Ragtime led the way all day. ....including passing under the bridge just past the
channel for the Vero Beach Municipal Marina.  Just as we called him on the
radio he got a text from his son (who was obviously hard at work) saying,
"Hey Dad, you missed your exit!"  Reminded us of some of Sam's "lurking"
experiences in the past!

We had called ahead and were told there weren't any open moorings, but by the time we got to Vero, we were assigned to #57 at the northern most spot in the mooring field,   We were moored by 4 pm.

Ragtime hadn't used their dinghy for quite a while and were unhappy to find out that their engine kept stalling when they tried to head into the marine office to check in.  After some research and wheeling and dealing Gerry found a good deal on a 4 stroke Honda 9.9 from a dealer in Port St. Lucie who delivered the engine today!

The New Engine!

The weather forecast predicted rain so we are hanging here until at least Saturday. We rode the free city bus into the shopping mall yesterday and then took it the other direction today and checked out the beach.  Rain held off until this afternoon, but it didn't stop the rowing practice!  Would you believe a 24 man shell!?!?  It went by several times, they seemed to be right in sync in the beginning but a little less in sync on the way back.  

After watching these rowers go by I am amazed that pelicans don't "catch a crab" as they skim over the water...

Low flyer.

We were encouraged to see that the solar panels can actually put a few amps back into the batteries when the sun is actually shining...now we just need some sun!  ~~~_/)~~~M&D