November 16, 2012
This morning we left Pelican Bay to start heading down to Marco Island. Pelican Bay is one of our favorite anchorages and it is always a bit sad to leave.
Currently we are anchored off York Island in the southern part of Pine Island Sound. We had hoped to anchor in 'Horseshoe Bay', another favorite anchorage near Ding Darling Preserve on Sanibel Island, but the wind would have put us on a lee shore (wind blowing towards shore) there, so we headed over to York Island for better protection.
We had planned to be in Marco for Thanksgiving, but are heading down a little early after discovering a small leak in our water heater. The water heater is about 18 years old, and it is almost certain that the small leak will grow larger fairly quickly, so we hope to replace it at Rose Marina in Marco. 18 years is a great service life for a water heater, so we are just glad we discovered the leak before we headed to the Bahamas. It had crossed my mind to replace the water heater proactively, before it began to leak, but you never want for things to fix on a boat so it never rose to the top of the list.
Tomorrow we will head a little south (Punta Rassa) to stage for an early morning departure for Marco on Sunday. The weather is forecast to be a bit frisky (14-19 knots) on Sunday, but from a favorable direction, so we should have a good sail down.
Tom
Anchored at York Island
Lee County, FL
Map - Cruise 2012-13
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