Once we returned from the Kennedy Space Center, we resumed the more pedestrian pursuits of getting the boat ready to head north in the morning: checking all the fluids, filters and strainers in the engine room; filling the water tanks in preparation for anchoring out; and hosing down the boat to remove the accumulation of salt from our earlier cruise. Bob was hosing down the boat when he looked over the side and saw:
There were two manatees just below the scupper enjoying the fresh water flowing off the deck! It’s illegal to purposely provide fresh water to manatees because it causes them to be accustomed to humans, and that’s a sure fire way for them to get run over by a boat, their most common cause of death.
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