Tuesday 24th November Vero Beach, FL mile 952 (55 miles)

The Chart plotter decides to crap put every now and then, usually at the most inopportune times, and close to tricky bends. It seems that it is loosing power or maybe the elves have joined the union. Probably a bad connection but I have not yet been able to find the problem, possibly nasty gremlins. Thankfully we have plenty of handheld back up units and navigation is pretty straight forward on this stretch anyway thanks to the helpful hobbits.

Coast guard announces that waterspout has formed 5 miles off shore - batten down the hatches this could get snotty........ luckily Big Q outran it!!

Arrived in Vero Beach around 14:00 and hooked a mooring ball. The interesting thing with Vero Beach is that it is so popular with cruisers, especially around Thanksgiving, that several boats raft up to one mooring ball. We never experienced anything like it. It's gotta be the free bus rides (more about this later) that attracts the bingo crownd. Oh well, it should be interesting to raft up to some absolute strangers for a couple of days. We could always scare them off.

Pavarotti at max volume tends to confuse some people... Whatever - rest in Peace Luciano...

Sunrise at Cocoa............



Ooh the sky shouldn't look like this at lunchtime...



That's one weird looking formation.........



entering Vero Beach - mad clouds and beautiful homes.........