Well we had a plan and it did not go exactly as we would have liked. Got up early and cleaned the bottom of SAILS but everything else fell apart… we pulled the anchor and departed from Pelican Bay at 1615 hours… only 4 hours later than we planned… destination for the night Cape Coral.

It was an uneventful cruise… although there was a lot more boat traffic than I expected for a Monday… we had the current against us the entire trip… well when we turned out of the ICW at marker 92… Tarpon Point… we had the current with us for 5 minutes. We were going to anchor in Glover Bight just off of Tarpon Point Marina but opted to go a little further into the Cape to Rum Runners Restaurant Docks... we have stayed here before and it makes it much easier to walk Beecha… no dropping the dinghy off the boat. Also, we have an early start tomorrow… need to be underway by 0700 hours in order to make the 0900 opening of Franklin Locks… the two outer locks are on a restricted opening schedule… opening only on the odd hours… 0700, 0900, 1100, etc… to make Moore Haven tomorrow before dark we need to make the 0900 opening. We won’t have to get up so early if we are at a dock.

Today we traveled for 4 hours covering 25.54 nautical miles averaging 6.39 knots.