1 April - Day #28. Broken overcast and 76F. Met with Rick Muething aboard Nellie this morning. He's a former cruiser that Garry and Carol Domnisse (Yellow Rose #47) met in Costa Rica. Rick is developing the WINMOR format which may soon replace Pactor (and the expensive modems it uses). After lunch, and putting Rick back ashore, we took off south. A developing thunderstorm consumed us. It wasn't for want of warning as the new 32 mile, Garmin radar, showed us the whole event live. Lots of lightning, thunder and rain. The winds pop up to 25kts too. The ICW starts getting a little narrower and prettier just north of Vero Beach. It's here that we see J. Edgar Moser #76, at dock. A few miles farther south we hook behind Hole in the Wall, Island, bounce off the bottom (I'm buying ) and drop the hook. Lots of little mangrove islands surround us. 29nm today: 961 total. DBH
