Thursday, June 4, 2015

Man O War to Port Canaveral

I'm falling a little behind on the blog.  Scenes from our trip from the Bahamas back to the U.S. last weekend:

Final sunset from Man O War

Remnants from the bird's nest that we found IN(!) our boom on Saturday morning before departure. Unfortunately, three eggs perished when David pulled the nest out with a coat hanger.

Sunrise over Man O War as we left on Saturday morning

Exiting the Sea of Abaco at North Man O War Cut (which leads to the Atlantic Ocean).  You can see waves breaking on the reef if you look closely on the left side of the photo.  

Gorgeous day and excellent wind for sailing

Best day of sailing since we moved aboard Virginia Dare.  Sails up from 7am until 2am.

The captain is content.

Standing in the cockpit looking over the dodger to the deep blue sea

Saturday night sunset

This bird tried very hard to land on the boat for a rest.  Mission not accomplished.  We didn't shoo him away; he apparently couldn't find the right spot.

Sunday night sunset

We saw three whales at the surface on Sunday morning.  Not sure if they were Bryde's whales or something else.  Their dorsal fins were very "hooked."  Anyone?

It's not every day that you see a submarine lurking in the distance!  This is just off the coast at Port Canaveral.

Two blue tugboats ready to escort the sub into the channel

The submarine entered East Basin, immediately inside the channel
We look forward to heading north to Ponce de Leon Inlet tomorrow morning after the Disney cruise ship arrives in port at 05:30 (gah!) and before the next ship arrives at 07:00.

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