| We slept until just about sunrise. That is sleeping late for us lately. We had been used to having the anchor up and being underway by the time peeks over the horizon. I took my camera with me when I went forward on deck to raise the anchor. The crews of the other cruising vessels seemed to still be asleep. That's too bad, because they missed a glorious morning. |  |
 | We did not feel compelled to leave at first light. We were sailing from Jensen Beach to Vero Beach, a journey of only about five or six hours. |
| The wind was light and the sea was calm. Jill had first shift on the helm and I enjoyed a cup of coffee while we motored passed a new power-plant that was under construction along the Intra-Coastal Waterway. |  |
 | When we leave home aboard Shibumi, the only thing we have to bring the boat to a dock for is to tank-up on fuel and water. One day I will install a watermaker, thus making fuel the only issue. When a sailboat is used wisely, fuel is a minor issue. Good sailors can circumnavigate the earth with the fuel Shibumi carries... I'm no where near that level of sailor, yet. |
| I have worked around radar for most of my adult life. So it truly amazes me to be able to reach in my pocket and retrieve a perfectly accurate radar presentation on my cellphone. The presentation is animated and is updated every five minutes. |  |
 | Toward the end of day 52, I did not need technology to forecast the weather. We only had to look to the sky to see what was coming our way. We got a very nice, much needed, boat wash-down that evening. |
