The ugly part was trusting both the cruising guide and the channel markers at Cedar Key. We got underway at o640 this AM intending to make a daylight run of 113 miles to St George Island in the panhandle. We came in the Main Ship Channel from the south yesterday and were intending to depart via the Northwest Channel due to its some 16 mile shorter run to the panahandle. Even at low water, we should have had enough water in the NW channel, but we didn't and had to spend 2.5 hours waiting for the tide to float us of the mud - right in the center of the channel.
The bad part was the fact that with the delay we were required to run the Dog Island Channel in pitch black.
the good part was that we enjoyed the smoothest sea we have seen in an open water transit thus far.
Tonight we sleep in our own bed ashore.
This is Calypso our trusty 1972 Grand Banks 42 purchased in San Diego, CA in 1986 and sold in Panama City, FL in 2015
Frolic
Frolic, our 2005 Mainship 30 Pilot II replaced Calypso in 2015
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What follows is a summary of all the emails we sent to family and friends during a trip we took three years ago. I wanted to include it her...
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Thursday 14 January 2021 Southport, FL We were underway at 0615 from an entirely peaceful night with no wind after sunset with just enough...
