Time to head out again. We're off to find a quiet anchorage far away
from civilization - okay, maybe not so far, somewhere between 13 and 28 miles away.
The water today is a tropical green, clear blue sky and temp of about 80. The waves started at about 5-7 feet and dropped down to 3-5, with little whitecaps at the top of each wave. The wind is a good 15-20 knots. It feels very different on the water in the Atlantic versus the Gulf of Mexico!
We're only doing about 13 miles today, as we're heading into the wind which is harder and takes longer. The anchorage tonight should offer good protection from the NW winds we're expecting over the next couple days. Although after we got to the first anchorage and ran aground (this makes 7 times so far!), we decided to head back out and go to the second one further up the coast called the Niles Channel. Who writes these anchorages guides anyway? The only place to anchor in the first place was the channel itself unless you were in a boat drawing 2 feet or less!
Och well (see I remember my Scottish!), the anchorage we ended up in, although it took longer to get to and was trickier to get into is better. The chart plotter is really great! It shows us exactly where we are on the chart which makes it much easier when navigating narrow channels like the one we took to get here.
We're all battened down for the squall which is supposed to blow through tomorrow. It's really nice to get to the anchorage, get things put away, toast the sunset and have a nice meal. Introduced Steve to my tacos with all the trimmings which he quite enjoyed.
We really like the boat and the way it handles - and if we'd stop breaking things, it would even be better! Yesterday a leaky head and today a tear in the jib sail. We're glad we packed so much 'fix it' stuff and brought the mega monster sewing machine!
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