Well onward we go. We left our anchorage Nautical Dreamer leading the way. Tom was up cleaning the muck off the anchor while I took the helm going through some curves in the river. We had a group of porpoise, about 6 or 7 including one little one, fishing, playing is a bend in the curve. No chance to get camera, but I enjoyed their antics including one that came for a closer look and swam for awhile in our wake.
The day was semi cloudy, just enough wind to keep the heat off. THEN
We noticed white smoke coming from our water outtake. Tom throttled back and the small heat spike in the engine went away, but there was still some smoke. We cut back our speed to 5 kts, Nautical Dreamer moving ahead, in search of fuel. We meet up at a draw bridge, they took a side trip to fuel and we moved on to St Lucie River and Stuart. We plan to catch up with Nautical Dreamer in North Palm Beach mid-week.
Tom found a large plug of pine needles in our intake pipe so engine problem fixed. Still have a wonky fridge and he will work on that before we depart for the Bahamas.
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| I would like a barbecue grill, but this is a little over kill |
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| part of the Harbor Beach Research park |
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One of the interesting places we passed was the Harbor Beach
research center
Since 1971, the shared vision of founder J. Seward Johnson, Sr., and inventor Edwin A. Link to explore, protect and wisely use the oceans’ resources has shaped the work at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. Today, articulated as Ocean Science for a Better World®, this same vision drives more than 160 Harbor Branch scientists, engineers and support staff to be leaders in ocean-related innovation, exploration, research, education and conservation
More information about the research they do - In the deep sea, they discover, study and work to preserve fragile coral reef systems, and we evaluate the organisms that live there in the search for compounds with disease-fighting potential.
Closer to shore, they study reefs, sea grasses and marine mammals and how these communities are affected by human impacts, including nutrient pollution that contributes to excessive and harmful algae growth.
On land, their aquaculture team works on new ways to farm seafood, and our engineers open the ocean’s depths to humans through technological innovation and custom-designed platforms, vehicles, tools and instruments
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| spider lily |
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| just a neat sign |
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| Sea Grape tree where a woodpecker was |
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| St Lucie Inlet to the Atlantic |
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one of the many WOW houses on the St Lucie River
this one with its own beach |
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| view from Wahoo's restaurant where Cool Hand is docked |
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Ixoria
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