While the fair weather crew of TIKA sat out the high winds in Vero Beach, friends that we ran into in Key Largo's Tarpon Bay were working their way north and caught up with us on our last day in Vero Beach. Jim and Kathy on Charm and Ed and Lynn on Skydusky rafted up next to us in Vero Beach and we all met on Charm for happy hour, then we took our dinghies to the restaurant under the bridge. We all departed together heading north the next morning. The ICW was forecast to be choppy, but the 25 plus mph winds with gusts to 40 backed off to a more manageable 10-15mph. The north wind direction did provide us some salt water spray over the bow to contend with. We made a 70 mile, 11 hour run to Titusville on Wednesday, followed by a more manageable 50 mile cruise to Daytona Beach on Thursday. Charm and Skydusky weren't far behind also arriving in Daytona Beach on Thursday evening. We are all headed for St. Augustine on Friday morning.
Sailing Vessel Skydusky rafted to Charm
Sailing Vessel Charm
TIKA following one of many cruisers heading north. We only passed a few intelligent cruisers heading south.
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This winter's cruise is coming to a close, but I thought it would be a great opportunity to share with you one of the unique joys of being a cruiser......a unique vocabulary. So in the last few posts of this cruise I will introduce you to some of the nautical terms we use.
PROVISION
Normal people call it stocking up on food or going to the grocery store, but cruisers call it provisioning.
Kevin's definition: WELL PROVISIONED
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