Shark River

Summary of Friday 3/3 , but who knows when it will post.

We rode the ebb down Lostman's River and barely made it out over some shallow spots back in the Gulf on the falling ride.  Had a quick and easy broad reach down the coast under a 15-20 NNE breeze that actually had us arrive earlier than we would have liked at Ponce de Leon Bay.  The tide low, and with a foul ebb current, we motored to anchor about just off the Shark River a little south of Oyster Bay.

This area is a really cool maze of deep channels cut out of higher ground that supports actual canopy trees, and not the all-to-common mangroves.  It would make a great setting for a shot novel or a children's story aka Arthur Ransome.  Our main attraction is that there are rumored to be sea turtles here.

Got here early enough for a nap and a swim.  24.31 NM at 4.7 KT over 5:11. Total odo 276.26.  The weather forecast makes it look like we'll have a lay day tomorrow while some strong easterlies blow through.