Left Titusville at 7:15 AM. Longer run today. We saw three manatees in the "Haulover canal" along the ICW. Overall slow going due to so many slow speed manatee zones. Also quite slow through the Daytona area and waiting for a bridge open didn't help. Temp: 70
Arrived at St. Augustine Municipal Marina at 6:15 PM - eleven hours on the course today.
29 53' 57" N
81 18' 44" W
Very difficult docking. Down stream with a 3 1/2 kn current. Provided early evening entertainment for those already docked. What a great city to visit, rich in history since it was the first city in the U.S. - 1565. We needed to stay an extra day due to prospective boat buyer who, on their way to Savanna, would have like to see Brightwater. No show. We did take the time to clean everything which works out well for us (cleanliness is next to Godliness).
We were able to take a sight seeing tour which helped put everything in better perspective. They were tough dudes here back then. If you weren't Catholic, you couldn't be buried inside the city walls. If fact the Spanish commander at one time massacred 300 French Huguenots because they wouldn't convert to Catholicism. Wonder why. No wonder there still are ghost tours in downtown every night. Streets were build with curves so if attacked by cannon fire, the shells wouldn't go through the whole town. First house must have paid a big insurance premium. Of course later, slave trading (another hallmark of europeans) and plantations.
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