Sunny Florida
Moonstone of Aberdour
Allan and Claire Foster
Mon 14 Dec 2015 00:15
"25:47.287N 80:10.347W"
Our plan on relaunch was to head out into the Atlantic and sail quickly down to Miami but we were quickly thwarted at the sea lock at Cape Canaveral that due to repairs was only operating late in the evening or first thing in the morning but never mind we took the long delay in our stride. On entering the Atlantic we met an uncomfortably big sea that meant for the first twelve hours or so we rolled heavily making life on board difficult. We had a good sailing breeze from behind all the way to Fort Pierce where we had to resort to the engine for the rest of the way to Miami.
Miami is big and busy, we joined a queue of several cargo vessels and four cruise ships to enter the port and after a confusing entrance where we were turned back at one point due to security issues we have found a sheltered anchorage by the Miami Yacht Club