Rocky Point Anchorage to Vero Beach

The winds blew hard all night long but the Rocna anchor held fast.  We slept in for a while and had a breakfast of bacon and eggs before weighing anchor.  We only had to get to Vero Beach which was 24 miles away.

Somewhere between Rocky Point and Vero Beach we saw two boys in a canoe paddling across the Indian River.  They seemed as surprised to see us as we were to see them.  They began paddling as fast as they could and even more surprising to us was where they were headed.  It seems we must have come across "Wonderland" and the "Island of Lost Boys" for there on the Indian River ahead of us lay at anchor a pirate ship which looked like the one we've seen in books about Peter Pan.  The ship was very colorful and its sails were furled.  No one appeared as we sailed past.  Perhaps the pirates were having a powwow with the Indians and the boys were paddling their canoe to rescue any boys left imprisoned in on the ship.  Traveling the Indian River is proving to be a great adventure.

Captain Cook's Pirate Ship on the Indian River

We made a swft and an easy passage in fair weather.  We arrived at the Vero Beach Mooring Field by 1430.  We had time to shower and do a load of wash before heading for dinner with Frank and Susan aboard Rockhopper.  We met them at Langford Bay Marina on the Chester River in Maryland.  They have been in Vero Beach since December and will remain here until they return to the Chesapeake Bay in April.  Susan prepared a wonderful meal: salad, pretzel bread, enchilladas and homemade cookies (oatmeal and chocolate chip).  It was another great night catching up with friends.

Rockhopper