We leave you in a fog and to the tender mercies of the elements until our return. We will miss your surrounding pilings and vinyl covering and ready fresh water and electricity. For some time now we will have to fend for ourselves as an independent entity. Rest well, for you labors will soon resume.
We got underway in heavy fog with a radar that would not work on anything under a twelve mile scale. Maybe I'll find somebody in SW Florida to repair it.
As I started this, we were just exiting Apalachicola, and now we are 4-5 miles farther on toward our proposed anchorage off St George Island. We had planned to go another few miles to Dog Island, but we can't get there before dark. Doesn't make an difference, since the pass we intend to exit into the Gulf is between Dog and St George Islands.
Were will have a "buddy boat" for tomorrow night's crossing(yes, the weather continues to look good). It will be a near-twin 1974 model Grand Banks 42 called Sans Chibli out of Gulf Breeze manned by a 76-year old couple. This is not his first crossing. They pulled out behind us from St Andrew Marina this morning, and we talked boats on the radio for miles. Sans Chibli will remain in Apalachicola tonight and fuel up in the morning before coming on the additional 20 miles to find us at our anchorage in the early afternoon.
They are going to Clearwater while we are going to Tarpon Springs. However, that won't prevent us from being within a mile or so of each other all night.
As I started this, we were just exiting Apalachicola, and now we are 4-5 miles farther on toward our proposed anchorage off St George Island. We had planned to go another few miles to Dog Island, but we can't get there before dark. Doesn't make an difference, since the pass we intend to exit into the Gulf is between Dog and St George Islands.
Were will have a "buddy boat" for tomorrow night's crossing(yes, the weather continues to look good). It will be a near-twin 1974 model Grand Banks 42 called Sans Chibli out of Gulf Breeze manned by a 76-year old couple. This is not his first crossing. They pulled out behind us from St Andrew Marina this morning, and we talked boats on the radio for miles. Sans Chibli will remain in Apalachicola tonight and fuel up in the morning before coming on the additional 20 miles to find us at our anchorage in the early afternoon.
They are going to Clearwater while we are going to Tarpon Springs. However, that won't prevent us from being within a mile or so of each other all night.
