Indialantic

Departed New Smyrna at 0656 this morning and arrived at Telemar Bay Marina at 1445 Put in 34 gals of diesel fuel, filled the water tanks, straightened up, and Diane and Carlton arrived. We are staying with them thru tomorrow and will wash all of our dirty things. The most interesting part of the trip down was getting under the 528 Bridge at Cape Kennedy. We thought we would have to go thru the Barge Canal where they bring the Shuttle tanks in for assembly and into the Atlantic to progress further South. Our buddie boat which is now ahead of us in Vero Beach heard a boat with a 62' mast go under on the next span over several days before. I called the Coast Guard, and they would not confirm that could be done due to liability issues. As we neared the bridge, we passed another boat with a lady at the helm with her sails out. I hailed her on VHF and asked her if she knew about the height restriction of 56 feet at the 528 bridge. She said yikes, and dropped her sails. I then passed another boat North bound with a taller mast than mine and he stated he didn't know anything about the restriction and motored right thru. I told him I would do the same thing, but when I returned to channel 16 a contractor lady at the bridge had listen to our conversation on channel 68 and asked me to please not go thru the center span; since the Northbound guy had almost clipped her workers on scaffolding under the bridge. I agreed to use the Eastern span next to the center one, and we fit thru with a foot to spare. I don't understand how the guy with the 64 foot mast got thru. If he had hit, it would have destroyed his mast. I called the Coast Guard and told them they needed to broadcast a report on channel 16 which all boaters monitor, until the painting is done. They had been, but the work was suppose to be over, so they stopped. Saw Rosy Spoonbills on the Indian River. Meeting Harry Richards tomorrow for a hair cut which is desperately needed, and Nanc is doing the same thing with Diane. S