Yes, it is raining here in our "former" anchorage
This morning's stormy anchorage
Ominous storm clouds over Peanut Island
Motoring to our new anchorage
Neala and Christian, wet, after weighing anchor in the storm
Jeff and Grady at happy hour
Had a calm night's sleep but awoke to rain and thundershowers. The rains are the worst we've ever seen in Florida - stretching all across the state and onward to the Bahamas. A great day for ducks! Jeff got his tank & regulator ready to dive the boat, but the rains persisted and so did the lightening. Not a good day for swimming.
After lunch, in the middle of blowing rain, we were hailed by a policeman-looking dude on the beach who told us of an ordinance that we could not anchor within 500 ft of the shoreline. We'd had several passes from the Coast Guard and local police patrols and none of them had done more than wave. We did see a grumpy looking fat blonde on the dock scowling at us so we figured she had complained to their local rent-a-cops to roust us out.
The thundershowers still dominated the radar, so we waited for a lull and then re-anchored just south of the inlet in 15 ft of water. A number of other cruisers are anchored around us, awaiting clear weather. Rain prevented us from doing anything we had planned to do so now we are sitting in the salon having happy hour.
Tomorrow we will motor up to Vero Beach to await the promised weather window on Sunday. It's all good!
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