Titusville - Still here

The Ospreys are hard at work making more Ospreys. Most powerline poles have nests on top.

We woke up to the clanging of the rigging and the roar of wind this morning. Windy predicted winds of only 11 to 13 kts but I was seeing 25 to 30 at the dock. The route north is wide open to a north to east wind so we decided to stay another day. I backed off all the reservations we had made by one day and now we’re planning to leave Monday morning.

For those out on moorings, the dinghy dock is very convenient

It would not have been dangerous to leave, just uncomfortable - and at this stage in our cruising career, comfort is important to us. So we spent yet another day at the dock and enjoyed a matinee in the afternoon, Top Gun Maverick which was on Amazon Prime at no charge with a membership to Prime. It was an old fashioned, lots of action, uplifting movie with a happy ending - the kind that Hollywood doesn’t seem to want to make anymore. You would think that with the box office success of this movie that they would get the message - but they don’t. The movies the critics think are wonderful are usually the ones I don’t want to see. Oh well, vote with your pocketbook.

We are aiming for the Bethune Park anchorage on Monday night, just one day later than expected. Hopefully, the weather forecast will hold for light winds this time but we won’t know for sure until the morning. I did a comparison between weather apps on my Facebook page that some of you may be interested in. It can be accessed at the link Weather Comparisons.