CODA : On the move to Cocoa
23 March 2025
Cocoa Beach anchorage, Cocoa Beach, Florida
The name drove me to eat two chocolates today.
Marc- I am solo again on board Coda. I had lots of help this morning getting untied from my Vero Beach Mooring buddy boat. Denis was a tremendous help. I moved over to the space in front of the fuel dock and just stopped to pull up the fenders and pull any loose lines in. The next thing I knew a Marina boat from the Vero Marina came over to check if I was ok and to see if I needed any help. The service at this marina is excellent. I also got my exercise in by walking back and forth to church early this morning. Holy Cross Church is very beautiful and was full of people at the 07:30 Mass!
The trip north from Vero was easy going up to Sebastian Inlet with only a few fisherman and kayakers out early in the day. Later to go fast boats and some larger sailboats crossed paths with Coda. North of Sebastian the Indian River becomes a straight north -south orientation making it easy to use my autopilot. I even used the autopilot going through some of the bridges. Luckily all of the old drawbridges have been replaced with 65 foot tall structures with a wide channel opening. Speaking of the channel, it widens out considerably going north making it possible for sailboats to actually tack upwind. I gave all the sailboats making that effort right-of-way. Coda was anchored just northwest of the Cocoa-Merritt Island twin bridges. It is a very protected spot for southeast winds and I have the company of 2 dozen boats. I was able to sail during the latter part of this trip.
Tacking.
A southeast wind is great when your headed north.
Some of the boats here (even one from the Netherlands).
A silly television show about the space program. The Astronauts lived here.
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