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DaveR
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Initially Posted - 05/05/2008 :  11:52:35  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
It's been fairly windy for us here in Daytona last week so I was pretty excited yesterday about getting out the inlet. The wind was expected to be out of the south which meant I'd have to motor to the inlet but could sail out and then all the way (9.5 miles) home once I got back in. I was pleasantly surprised to find the wind out of the southwest which allowed me to sail to the inlet as well. Actually we motor sailed because the <i>real fun</i> is getting out the inlet. By the time we got to the inlet the wind was from the west so we went out wing on wing with only a slight out going tide and 10 to 15 knot winds. Woo Hoo!!! Turned south and was 6 miles out and 4 or 5 miles south in no time! It was a little choppy with 4 foot swells (from the south) and the admiral was beginning to feel slightly woozy so we gibed to the north and sailed with the swells for a while, she calmed right down. About noon all of the sudden the wind just died and the chop went away and then ................ came the love bugs! For those of you that don't know these are small non-biting black flies that swarm in the spring and then again in the fall . Their body fluids are so acidic that <b>nothing</b> eats them, they swarm by the millions and damage a lot of cars' paint jobs. Anyway, they were everywhere! And what's worse is they cater to the color white. I'm guessing we had several hundred hanging around. Here's a couple short videos; [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdduGK54_SA"]1[/url] and [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0jR6dY219s"]2[/url]. I apologize for the poor video. I prayed for wind but after a few minutes had had enough and cranked the Tohatsu and motored the 5 to 6 miles back to the inlet. I was hours early (had panned on coming in later when the tide had subsided somewhat) and found the tide coming out at probably 4 to 5 knots! That means you've got 3 to 5 foot standing soldiers (waves) on the way in. I cranked the motor to at least 3/4 throttle and danced my way in past the anchored fishing boats and the outgoing boats (who's wakes add to the code yellow situation) at maybe 2 knots. A little scary. After what seemed like forever we were safely inside and wouldn't you know it the wind came back up. We also noticed the bugs were dissipating. In a few minutes almost all were gone and we had a 10 to 15 east wind to sail home by. The really odd thing is that there really wasn't any bugs on land, just out to sea. I've run in to them before out sailing but they were also inland. All in all a good day but a few tense and/or aggravating moments. Here's a couple pics sailing up the ICW on the way in.
Dave Robbins
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 05/05/2008 :  12:43:17  Show Profile
Thank god the worthless bugs only last a few weeks. The funny thing is, my inlaws always arrive in April, so do the Love Bugs. So.... when the pests arrive, I know the pests will also arrive.
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Response Posted - 05/05/2008 :  12:54:46  Show Profile
BTW, being on the east coast, do you sail over to the Bahamas often/ever? On the west coast, my dream trip is to Key West. I just have not found the time to do it yet.
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Response Posted - 05/05/2008 :  13:15:02  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Davy,
It's a dream of mine and I expect to do it some day, but it'd be a 4 day trip south first because the Gulf Stream moves so quick you want to attack from the south side. A day to get over. You'd want to stay for a least a week and then a 4 - 5 day trip home. Right now I'm lucky to get a whole week-end off. Key West would be awesome too. I have sailed to Key Largo via ICW 28 years ago on a C-22, that was great!

P.S. Hope the inlaws don't read the forum!
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