01/03/2025 ICW Day 3 : No one is gonna find that. Except Maybe Jesus

Janet and I had another excellent day today. We are learning how to do this every step of the way. We are leaning how to work together to sail the boat, moving back and forth, trading places, passing off the steering responsibilities, reapairing stuff, drying things, researching depth, tides, satellite view, legal (or illegal so far) places to land. Sailing is more about team work than even tandem cycling, and we are loving it.

We landed in a private little cove. When I say private, I mean, the public isn’t allowed. But it is hard to get to groceries on foot, so we chanced it. Janet walked to Publix market while I dried the clothes and tents and tried to befriend a kid who was fishing for “Barracuda.”

“Aren’t those big?” I asked.

“No, that is the great barracuda,” the kid schooled me. “See, there is one,” he pointed to what I thought was a needlefish. Later he got one on his line. Pretty good for a 7 year old.

After Janet fetched our food, we sailed off and went outside into the gulf. The bridge was too low for our mast, but because this boat is collapsible, on a minute, I had the mast down. Janet pedaled is under the bridge, and then the mast was back up in seconds.

We were unable to find a place that looked like a reliable camping spot on the satellite. I considered using the drone to find a place, but an idea had been brewing in my head. Last night we slept on the boat. We slept well, but it wasn’t great. The two little tents are so small… my idea was to move our paddle boards together and erect our McMansion tent on top of them.

It went together well, and now we have so much more room - on the water! It is fantastic! I will probably be mailing the single tents home soon. Like I said, we learn something new each day.