Day 2 (April 18th, 2016)
Wind: 10 – 15 knots
Venice to Sanibel
Today was a good day of sailing. The winds were lighter than yesterday, which
the kids and I enjoyed so much more. We
headed down the coast and decided to anchor off the beach off Sanibel Island on
the Gulf side. With the easterly winds,
we were fine anchoring in the Gulf. To start
off with, it was very bouncy…waves coming at us from heaven only knows where,
and both Ben and Gaby were feeling a little seasick. It seemed to calm down overnight and by
morning it was calm and we all managed to get some sleep! We anchored together with our new found “buddy
boat” – Jay of s/v Nikita, whom we met in Venice. Jay is also heading to the Keys, but is
making a stop in Fort Myers today to replace a sail that was damaged during his trip today.
The most exciting thing that happened today was a little
bird that flew into our boat. It flew
into the salon and we were worried it was going to fly down into the
cabins. It must have been exhausted,
because it didn’t want to move.
Eventually it flew outside and rested some more before venturing to the
outside lifelines. It took off, but came
back to rest some more before flying off to shore. We wanted to get a picture, but our cameras
were all inside, and we didn’t want to take a chance to get them, while birdie
was inside! Such are the worries that we now face!
We did, however, get a picture of us at anchor taken by Jay from his boat - thanks, Jay!
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Hi this is Kayla we are so happy for you for making a friend I love taekwon do right now we miss you have a great birthday Ben we love you all.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kayla....from Ben and Gaby!!!! We miss you!!!! Glad TKD is going well!!!
DeleteWe were tracking you today and I printed your position at 9:00am and again at 3:00pm and shared it with our group at our Weekly Warm Up at the mall. Very cool seeing where you guys are! Miss you! ~ Cindy
ReplyDeleteI miss you guys too...send my regards please to everyone!!!!
DeleteFrom the faraway land of your birth Dave, comes love & best wishes along with high fives to you all from Uncle Eric, Aunty Coll, Row, Mandy & their clans. May you have fair winds for your travels & safe havens for your rest. You're all in our prayers. Stax of love from the Smith & Stacey clans xxx.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Colleen and sooooo nice to hear from you all!!!! Thanks for the well wishes and prayers!!!! We cant wait to introduce our kids to you guys hopefully when we get to SA around Dec 2017 ;) Kind regards to all of you and all the best!!!
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