Day 5 - Hilton Head SC - Fort Pierce Fl

Magic Friday
Phil, Di and Annelise
Sun 22 Feb 2015 17:45
30:15.53N
81:18.50W
An overnight solution suggested by Di (now
promoted to Chief Advisor as well as 1st Mate) enabled the chain repair to be
done without further tools, chasing the few open stores on Sunday and loosing
another day - brilliant! We were cast off just after mid-day back to open sea
and further south. Weather becoming noticeably warmer. Planned destination -
Cape Canaveral. Not long after setting sail we had a visitor - another
Pelican(!) - hitching a ride after some difficulty of climbing aboard
through the wire stanchions he (or she) settled down for an afternoon's ride and
sleep! Eventually taking off after we tacked and gave it an easier flight
path into the wind!! Then the port steering wheel drive chain decided it
too had done enough turning and broke - just as the stardboard one had done
yesterday. This time with no ready chain available on-board we carried on -
steering only on the starboard wheel. Night quickly closed in, the moon
accompanied by Venus and Jupiter were bright in the sky, later joined by
thousands more stars to gaze at. Motor-sailing throughout the night, watches
running smoothly, the nautical miles fell peacefully away....
Phil and Di
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