Beach
Marine
We
woke to a cloudy misty very windy day, but here in Florida it doesn't seem to
last long. One minute it's cloudy and the next there's blue sky. We had a relaxing slow morning since we were
only going about eight miles down the coast to Jacksonville Beach. We met our
friends David and Barbara there to enjoy a party that Beach Marine puts on the
last Saturday of the month. They offer free dockage and a Tiki party...lots of
good food, free drinks, door prices and music. We even won a door prize...a wash down hose and nozzle we'll use on the Hatteras. The marina is very nice and the staff was extremely
helpful and friendly. We enjoyed our stay very much.
The
last two nights we’ve noticed the popping sound under our hull. It’s been years
since we’ve heard this noise and I remember the first time years ago wondering
what it was. It’s the sound of Snapping Shrimp. They are very small shrimp that
snap one of their claws at such a speed in the water that it sets up a “sonic
boom” so to speak and a resulting large snap that travels a long distance. In
fact they are probably not under our hull at all. They do this to stun their prey with
the sound and then catch them. The sound goes on constantly and sounds a little
like rain hitting the deck. It’s amazing that something so small can make so much
noise.
Our morning view
The evening's entertainment
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