Leaving Burnt Store at 9:30, we had a nearly straight shot 12 miles SW on a broad reach. One more day of strong fair winds. Our destination was an anchorage on the east side of Cayo Costa. We've been by it but never stopped. The entrance to Pelican Bay is unmarked and narrow, with about six feet of depth, but once inside we had another couple of feet of water and we are completely protracted from winds or seas from any direction. It's a popular anchorage; as I write in the evening there are 28 boats here, but the harbor is 1/4 x 3/4 miles, so there is plenty of room. We were anchored by 12:30, and after lunch we took the dinghy ashore at the Cayo Costa State Park dock. Spooked a manatee by the dock. Didn't see it but it kicked up a huge swirl of water. We took the park's tram the one mile across the island to the Gulf side, a fine beach at Johnson Shoals. I took a swim- water surprisingly chilly for April. We walked the beach for a while, then back to the boat for reading, puzzling, and naps. At sundown all the boats sounded their horns. I was incorrect yesterday when I mentioned a full moon. It really is full tonight, rising just after sundown.
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