M/V Nearly Perfect: March 21-24, 2017 - Melbourne to Jacksonville

We left our anchorage around 7:30 and had a beautiful ride to New Smyrna. It was a little cool to start but the water and sky were beautiful. Along the way we passed Cape Canaveral. There was a rocket launch scheduled for the 20th and 24th but we missed them both. We dropped our anchor at New Smyrna around 4:00. When we left New Smyrna Tuesday morning, it was a little cool and we ran into some fog shortly after starting out. It eventually lifted and we had another beautiful day. Along the way today we passed Daytona (but you can't see the speedway from the water). The scenery ranged from inhabited areas with beautiful homes to marshlands. Even though you can see water all around, in most places it was only 1-2 feet deep. We dropped our anchor around 3:30 just south of St. Augustine. Our luck with the weather ran out Thursday morning. So instead of another night of anchoring (we had anchored for 3 and were hoping for 4), we headed into Jacksonville and docked at Ortega Landing Marina. On Friday, we moved the boat over to Huckins where it will be pulled and painted while we take a long road trip.