After running across the shallow area with only 3.5 feet of water under our keel, we entered the marked channel into the marina where we had to negotiate two ninety-degree turns. The mangroves growing tall alongside the canal hid the marina basin from us until we turned into it. There we found four floating piers made of aluminum decking. We are too big for the hundred or so slips in this place and had to occupy two of the tee-heads at the ends of two of these piers.
Being a non-weekend day and with potential poor weather closing in, there are only about six boats in here.
The grounds look to be well kept and there are walking path ground lights along most of the marina basin. Tomorrow we hope to get out and make the five-minute hike across to the beach and have lunch at the café.
Our plan when we arrived here was to leave on the high tide on Wednesday morning and get to Jeff Wright’s house at Treasure island by lunch time, but now we see that a good chance of rain is forecast for Wednesday making me wonder if it is worth traveling on that day, especially since Thursday is forecast as dry.
Don’t worry, Jeff and Suzanne, we will get there.
Engineering wise, all is well as we continue with the historical fuel usage of a tiny bit over 2 statute miles to the gallon of diesel. Seminole carries about a hundred less gallons of fuel than we do, and I figured for Jim that he’d have around 50% fuel remaining when we get the Ballard Oil for refueling in Fort Myers Beach in the next week or two.
Jim and Jackie continue to refine the Seminole for extended cruising, and now he has added another radio at the lower station so they can have better communications when conning from down there.
Here we were in Tarpon Springs. Calypso right and Seminole left.
