CODA : Onward to Saint Augustine
28 March 2025
Saint Augustine South Mooring Field, Saint Augustine , Florida
We heard a lot of radio chatter on VHF 16 today as we approached Saint Augustine and most of it involved boats moving about after a day of sailboat racing.
Marc- Our boat bottom cleaning was completed this morning by a local diver and off we went. Coda reached 8.7 knots, with the help of favorable current, and managed to pass every sailboat that we encountered en route. I have to think it has something to do with a clean bottom. The diver did report that we have a slightly bent propeller and the paint is getting thin in spots. We should have no trouble getting home to Lake Champlain since this is the same "bent propeller" and thin paint reported by another diver in January. Most of the salt water creatures will drop off once in the lake.
We were welcomed to the mooring field by the friendly municipal marina staff and made arrangements for a free launch to pick us up. I was able to finish putting at least one coat of polyurethane on the starboard teak handrail while we waited for the launch. Ashore, we met sailboat racers who invited us to join in their festivities. Nice crowd. Michael and I found a local ice cream shop named "MayDay". In nautical and aviation terms this means that the sender is in immediate distress. It is an anglicized version of the French term "m'aider" which translates to help me. The ice cream was excellent and the shop was filled with local college students (both staff and customers). I did find time to visit our favorite used book shop in town named Second Read Books and found a book. We did have a good walk about the old town. There are plenty of people around with any some new shops, art galleries, and restaurants. The place is quite clean and easy to get around with pedestrian friendly streets.
Coda is attached to mooring number 17 in the Menendez (otherwise known as South) mooring field. Our Bahamian buddy sailors are directly behind us in #31.
View of the Bridge of Lions from our mooring.
Cathedral of Saint Augustine
Nice place to stop.
Live music at the racing party tent.
There were lots of racers for the dinner party so three tents.
Cool looking boat for Michael. Note that the transom is a ramp to drive cargo on or off. She is a Florida Bay Coastal Freighter. https://floridabaycoasters.com/65-florida-bay-coaster/.
Sunset from the mooring field and showing the finished starboard handrail.
1 comment:
Nice bright work. Boats traditionally are suposed to look better when they return home. Ours never did, well maybe once.
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