It is not legal to drop an anchor within the city limits of Vero Beach. To accomodate cruising boaters the city installed moorings for us to tie-up to. The moorings are sturdy and can usually be trusted to hold a boat in a heavy blow. This one held Shibumi's 41,000 pounds during a fiesty 42-knot squall. You can see draped to the mooring line one of the many leaves that were blown out of the mangroves by the overnight storm. *** We were surprised when we got to Vero Beach that there were three of Shibumi's sisterships in the mooring field. They were "Sterling", "Chanticleer", and "Rocinante". |