Layover in Daytona Beach to spend Easter with our dear friends Terri and Wes Malone... long time dock mates from our days at Fishermens Village in Punta Gorda, FL

We left New Smyrna Beach this morning at 1000...destination Daytona Beach... a very short day.

Was very glad it was short day as the small boat traffic was absolutely crazy... Saturday and a holiday weekend how could it be anything else.

We arrived to Daytona Marina and Boat Works at approximately 1145 and we were secure on the dock with power at approximately 1200... our position for the night N29°12.097', W081°00.689’. We traveled today for 2 hours covering 13.4 nautical miles averaging 6.7 knots.

We are visiting old friends we used to be dock mates with in Punta Gorda... they invited us to Spend Easter with them... GREAT FRIENDS!

Sort distance planned for today so we left a bit later at 0900... only 6 to 7 hours to New Smyrna Beach where we have plans to meet with our dear friends Charlotte and Peter.

Sunny and windy all day... winds was producing some decent waves in Mosquito Bay and the Indian River... but it did not stop the small boats from coming out... there were tons of them... and a few larger boats. WE had one large SeaRay type boat wake the crap out of as he passed... he had hailed to ask for a slow pass to our port side on the VHF... I acknowledged and slowed down to allow him to give us a nice slow pass... NOT!!! he passed digging a huge hole in the water and putting out 5 foot wake about 30 feet off our port side... I let him know what I thought about his "slow pass" on the VHF... no response from him... it would have been better if he had just kept the boat on plane and passed us at speed than what he did.

We arrived to New Smyrna Beach City Marina at approximately 1630 and we were secure on the dock with power at approximately 1645... our position for the night N29°01.638', W080°55.233’. We traveled today for 6.75 hours covering 45.1 nautical miles averaging 6.78 knots.