The plan was to leave Cocoa this morning at 0900. Pretty hard to do that when you wake up at 0845 lol! We decided if we got away by 1000 that would be okay, and so we did. We had less than 5 kt winds for most of the day and the waves were no more than ripples. We motored along the ICW to Titusville uneventfully. It was not nearly as cold as yesterday, we required long pants and shirts in the morning but by noon it had warmed up quite a bit, temp in the mid 20s. Of course, being on the water always makes the temp feel cooler.

Just south of Titusville on the east side of the ICW we saw a huge cloud of smoke which we found out later was a controlled fire, burning underbrush on one of the islands.

Controlled bush fire south of Titusville.

We arrived at Titusville Municipal Marina at 1355 where we fueled up and watered up. We were fortunate enough to be able to see quite a few manatees hanging out in the harbour. After paying for our fuel, we went outside the marina and anchored. The next order of the day was a clean up of ourselves, ie proper showers. We dinghied back to the marina, had showers and then wandered through the park beside the marina.

Tail of manatee under dock.

Please, scratch my belly!

Manatees love fresh water, this cruiser was hosing down his deck and the manatee was catching the falling fresh water.

Playing manatees.

ICW anchorage at Titusville.

Back to the boat for happy hour, supper and preparing for tomorrow's travels along the ICW to Ponce de Leon Inlet.