After a surprisingly cold night- 44 degrees in the morning- we sailed across Sarasota Bay with a good easterly breeze. After that the wind was lighter and we motor sailed our way along the Intercoastal Waterway. It turned into a beautiful sunny day in the 70s. At Venice we docked at the Fisherman's Wharf Marina, named after the adjacent restaurant which no longer calls itself Fisherman's Wharf.
We walked a mile or so to Publix for provisions and on the way we encountered a Halloween parade with many scary children . Made us feel that we didn't miss Halloween after all .
After dinner we watched the Dodgers even up the World Series at 3-3.
We have two major improvements on Carina this trip. We have an outboard motor for the dinghy which we have not yet used, and we have a roller furling jib which we use all the time. It was nice to have hank-on jibs so we could change headsails to suit conditions, but roller furling makes life so much easier on a cruising boat there is no contest.
We will stay at Venice an extra day and do a bike ride on there bike trail which runs along both sides of the Waterway.
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