We got up as planned before 0500 and got underway at 0520 in the pre-dawn pitch black. Luckily, the Main Shipping Channel at Cedar Key is pretty wide, because we had to rely almost exclusively on the GPS with its radar overlay plus the GPS on my laptop as backup to get out of there. Jim was astern playing his searchlight back and forth, which helped me see some of the unlighted marks, but they all showed up on the radar too.
I dropped the hoop here in Shipping Cove of Dog Island at 1950, making the trip across the Gulf 14.5 hours. Luckily the bulk of the run was pretty smooth, but it was a bit of a washing machine for a couple of hours at both ends.
We saw lots of sea turtles, spotted dolphins, and other assorted sea life as we progressed, and Jim caught a couple of bonito before he gave it up catching something good to eat as a lost cause.
Tomorrow’s schedule is a bit up in the air for me, as I may decide to push the hundred miles to home, skipping White City, which is our planned stop.
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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I am sorry, but I miscalculted fuel use and am reposting this for the sake of correctness. We used 4.0 gal/hour and made 2.0 MPG, which is ...
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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...
