Cleaning the boat inside and out took us over 3 days, including fixing a few things that did not work
After being granted a US Cruising License by the Savannah CBP field office (Mr. J.J. Richardson) Sunny Days immediately left the Hinckley Yard at Thunderbolt and headed out the Wilmington River to the Atlantic. The first leg to the south was planned to be a 30 hour leg to Mosquito Bay, between Smyrna Beach and Cape Canaveral. It took 29 hours and 30 minutes, most of it at night in 15-25 kts northeast winds and up to 10 ft swells. Stabilizers helped a lot, but could not take out all the roll from those quarter and beam rolling seas. Consequently things were "moving" a bit on the boat and we had to clean up a broken bottle of dishwashing soap on the floor....at 2 a.m....!
Tuesday March 8, 2011
After daybreak everything calmed down considerably and the second day of the trip was pleasant. The flybridge was used for the first time. We navigated along the Florida coast in sunshine and very little wind, about a mile offshore to Ponce de Leon Inlet, where the tide was flowing out at about 2 kts. Another 12.5 miles on the ICW to go to our 1st anchorage in Mosquito Lagoon.
The CQR set perfectly on the first attempt, so a quiet night at anchor was anticipated. We were the only boat in this big lagoon, so there were no worries about swinging into other boats. It promised to be a very pleasant night with the portholes open and temperatures of about 70°.
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