It’s late afternoon, and we are approaching Cape Canaveral from the north. As expected, the ride has been a fast and furious one. The forecasts have been spot-on with strong NW winds driving us on. In the last 24 hours we have covered about 180 nautical miles, a very strong showing, especially with little or no help from current.

The strongest winds we saw were last night, gusting to about 30 knots. That left us with short, steep seas. Very unusually, we actually took one wave up against the side of the boat hard enough to dump a significant amount of water into the cockpit. How much water? Enough to leave this little guy flopping behind!

Just as a curiosity, if you look at this fish, you’ll see a few black spots on his belly. This is quite common on ocean fish. I can think of at least three very different fish families with similar marking. Any fish nerds out there have an explanation for why?

Once we pass Cape Canaveral, the strategy to get south is to keep as close to shore as possible to avoid the north bound water in the Gulf Stream. From here we expect to be entering Port Everglades inlet in about 24 hours