Palm Coast Marina

Short day to Palm Coast Marina. We haven’t stayed there before, but have heard good things about Palm Coast and their dockage rates are good. Before we leave at 10:20 Mark stops by to pick up a couple scraps of clear vinyl to make some straps their cockpit enclosure. 

Sunny but cool day. Pass by Fort Mantanzas, a very small Fort that the Spanish built to prevent other countries from attacking St. Augustine from the “back door” at the Mantanzas inlet. Passing by this area on the ICW is always fun. This area shoals quickly and the channel takes us within a couple boat lengths of the western shore. You have to pay attention to the navigation aids that are constantly being moved to the deepest passage. Charts are always out of date here.

Transient Face Dock

We get into Palm Coast around 2:30. After we fuel up and pump out we tie up to the transient face dock. Nice quiet marina off the ICW, with no current. They have a resident duck that hangs out around the fuel dock quacking away at times. I guess they started feeding it and he decided to stay. We had a quiet evening and dinner on the boat.

Resident Duck