Peter Riech, Teddy Bear #15, who is just south of us, said that his fishing trip into the Gulf yesterday was very rough. Meanwhile our boat neighbors in Tarpon Springs said they've been pinned down for eight days. Thus it was with more than a little trepidation that we ventured into the Gulf this morning.
Instead of the expected waves what we found was fog. Pea soup fog. One hundred yard visibility if you're lucky type fog. Did I mention that to get out to sea from Tarpon Springs requires several miles of shoal-ridden navigation? But, I'd trade calm seas for restricted visibility anytime. Thank you Neptune.
In the midst of the foggy deparure we celebrated Nellie's engine going over 6000 hours. Here's to wishing her another 6000 safe, happy, and trouble free hours.
Bicki's confident were going north now that we can see the rising sun ;-) Yes, the two of us are just loaded with little known navigational knowledge.
After three hours the fog lifted. We were 10 miles offshore, in 10 feet of water, and in calm seas. Ahh.
OK, file this under absurd. After dropping the hook in Cedar Key we dinghied ashore for some of the clams they're famous for. For the record, they are great! The fog moved in before the dinghy ride back. Here's Bicki holding our nav light. Meanwhile I'm using my pocket MFD (i.e. smart phone with navigation software) to find Nellie. Isn't technology great!
It was a long 63nm from Tarpon Springs to Cedar Key. The total for this cruise is now 427nm. DBH
