Lots of fishing boats but WOW, while passing through a Right Whale protection area, we were honoured to be given a 15 minute display of a whale feeding. It’s at times like that you wished you had an SLR camera on board. The digital camera just couldn’t cope with the distance. The whale was majestically rising out of the water, scooping up gallons in its open mouth before splashing back down. A short while later you would see the water spout and then it would rise up again. It was a beautiful sight. We reported the sighting to the US coast guard (mandatory),and carried on to St Augustine.

We anchored in front of the fort and just as the sun was setting, we heard a huge BOOM from the canon on the ramparts – we were under attack, being fired upon – by the British! Damned unfriendly if you ask me!

We enjoyed what for both of us is one of the pleasures of cruising, a peaceful night at anchor.