Singing In The Rain, Just Singing In The Rain . . . .

SHIP'S LOG:

Yes, it is not snow, it is just rain but it has made the day cold and damp and raw. I almost had to change out of shorts and got to jeans. It probably was a good choice to hang for while the rain wasn't torrential or anything close, it was all day long and traveling in the rain on a sailboat, sailing or motoring, is a drag. So naturally I don't do it.

I have set out a course for Maule Lake which is about 12 miles or so down the ICW from here. It probably was a real lake that was spare the fate of Lettuce Lake by simple being off the direct line they laid out for the ICW. I haven't checked it out by satellite yet but it is probably surrounded by lots and lots of houses. It would be strange to anchor right in the middle of this "lake" and have people basically all around. A wired sensation.

I have also laid in a course to "Dumbfound Bay" a little further on and another all the way to Miami Beach itself. It is a little over 25 miles as the dolphin swims and really would be much of a push. The one nervous spot is the Julia Tuttle Memorial Bridge, the only fixed bridge on the ICW that is not 65 feet high. It is only 56 feet high. Not a lot of cruising boats can get under that bridge and end up going outside . . . which for the last few weeks and for the next few days will be "rather exciting!" Lots of wind and some very big waves. I am not sure what is driving it all but nothing from NOAA makes it sound like something I would wish to do. As it is, I can just sneak under Julia Tuttle, as my mast height with antenna is 54 feet. Well, at least that what it says in the owner's manual. I hope its right and I hope nobody fudged with Julia Tuttle's height either.