Tropics

 4/1-Fort Manataza to St Augustine 

   We waited this morning to leave with the tide. It was interesting that within a half hour of the tide change a whole bunch of fishermen came rolling into the inlet. Some would anchor and throw a few casts and then take off for somewhere else. Others sat and relaxed. The outcome as far as I could tell was the same. Nobody caught anything I could see. 

   We had a short run of only a couple of hours before pulling in at St Augustine and picking up a mooring. This time we are pretty close to the dock. Last time we were here we were the furthest mooring out. We took a short walk into town and while the town is definitely not as busy as it was at Christmas time it was plenty busy. St George street was crowded with tourists as always. We plan to spend a couple of days here to wait out some weather and reprovision. 

    There is a line somewhere between Melbourne and Daytona that marks where the weather becomes more sub tropical. We can already feel the air at night is considerably cooler than it was in Vero. Daytime temps can still get hot but it’s not with the same intensity. We also have to be careful not to get too far north too fast. We wouldn’t want to deliberately sail back into the cold weather. There is another front dropping down out of the north and this may bring some even cooler temps. It should be some good sleeping weather. 

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