Daytona to Titusville Municipal Mooring Field, Titusville, FL (moored)
December 3, 2022
(Alnost caught up with posting)
Today was a hazy day with very calm water. We also traveled through one of the most magical stretched on the ICW – Haulover Canal, which is filled with cool critters.
While we were in Daytona we had a diver clean Lailia’s hull and replace the sacrificial anode. Sacrificial anodes are attached to propeller shaft where they protect it from galvanic corrosion because they oxidize more easily. When we were in the fresher water of the Chesapeake, we used an aluminum anode. Since we are in salt water now, we switched to a zinc one. I think it’s cool to see how the anodes decay.
Lailia made good time today as the current was behind us most of the way. The water was calm and we were able to see so many dolphins!
Today was the third time we were in the Haulover Canal and this time I was ready with my camera. There are loads of ospreys here but there are also manatees, which we saw in June. We saw more today!
Just outside the canal, in the Mosquito Lagoon, we came upon a pod of dolphins feeding. Their splashing and circling made it really clear that they had surrounded a school of fish. I envy the man on the kayak who had a front row seat to all of this (just as an FYI, the dolphins got close to him, instead of him getting close to them).
We grabbed one of the last mooring buoys at the Titusville Municipal Marina and dinghied to the marina for ice and showers.
We’re planning to anchor in Melbourne tomorrow. The trip won’t be very long and it will get us to Vero Beach on Monday, easily.
Life on Lailia 