Titusville to Rocky Point Anchorage (Indian River - south of Melbourne)

We woke up to another bright sunny day.  A Canadian Schooner was on the mooring next to us.  It is rare to find a three masted schooner these days.  The crew looked like they were all in their early 20s. Much more nibble on deck and more graceful getting into their dinghy than us.

We slipped off our mooring ball to refuel and pump-out.  We were back on the ICW by 0900. We followed closely behind a Canadian ketch, Nauti Cuss, all the way from Titusville to our anchorage. She was being sailed single-handed and we watched closely as the skipper made sail changes during the day.  He would fly his spinnaker going downwind (with and without much success depending on the wind velocity).  Later, as the ICW changed course, he would douse the spinnaker and unfurl his genoa.  We were able to keep up and occasionally overtake him for a short while when we unfurled our genoa.  For the most part, our boats were evenly matched for speed.  Our best for the day was 7.8 knots under power and flying our genoa.  Nauti Cuss is bound for the Bahamas.  She kept heading south when we turned off to our anchorage at 1530.

Canadian Schooner

For a brief while we were also running abeam of a Landing Craft Medium.  We have no idea as to where it came from and why it was on the ICW.  Dwayne's last ride on one of these was when making an amphibious landing on the Florida Panhandle in Ranger School.  Dwayne took the picture below and sent it to John guessing what his reply would be when he saw the picture.  As expected, John's reply was "Reminds me of my days in Ranger School."

Landing Craft Medium