We anchored last night in the middle of a military base. They train Marine and Navy troops here. When anchored, we are not allowed to go to shore. There’s nothing on shore anyway but a desolate wasteland. What a birds eye view though of some cool military training exercises. We watched four of the militaries heloplanes (I made that up) doing landings and take offs right by our anchorage. It went well into the night. These planes are combination airplane/helicopters. They fly like a plane but then rotate their propellers into a helicopter mode and can land on a dime.
This cold is ridiculous. Waking up to 39 degrees is just not right on a boat. We got an early start this morning and went further up the ICW. Our choices for sailing versus the ICW are not easy. We have to consider the weather, and ICW inlet locations as to where we can get on and off the ICW. They are few and far between. So if the inlets (or outlets) are too far apart, we can’t do one in a day’s time. Now we are pretty well located to get out into the ocean but the weather is wrong. The skies have cleared and the winds have diminished, but it’s going to be coming straight up the coast. I vowed that I wasn’t going to tack to the Virgin Islands. So our plan for tomorrow is to continue on the ICW.
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