Wednesday, March 5--Marco Island to Home

After our "rocky" night off Marco, daylight couldn't come soon enough.  Bleary eyed we awoke to calm seas and and good winds that would allow us to push off shore, around Sanibel Island and through Boca Grande pass in grand fashion, completing the 80 miles to home in a record  10 1/2 hours. What a ride...there were times when the knot meter hit 8.5.  The approaching cold front with some thundershowers held off and we sailed under sunny skies into Ponce Channel around 4:00.

Every Wednesday at 5:30 is Happy Hour for our boating club so we had decided earlier to shower on the boat, dock and head over just to say hello.  Aurora was secured by 4:50, and we were on our way at 5:15.  Tired from our two long days and sleepless night we only stayed long enough for a quick hello and quickly made for the nearest restaurant.  Back home bringing in only what was needed for the night, we agreed to finish "de provisioning" the boat the next day.  Both of us were ready for an early night in our comfortable bed.