Sunday we pulled out of Pennsicola and end up some 60 miles latter at Baytown Marina in Sandestin. We were the small boat in the Marina , this a 2800 acre resort which included Golf , a village with all kinds of shops, resteraunt, bars, and the beach. You could even rent a golf cart for $80 per day that you could drive to your slip. We wish we could have stayed longer but we were trying to catch a weather windows to cross. Rates were $ 3.25 per foot but because we are loopers it dropped it to $2 a ft. Life styles of the rich and famous they even proved you with charge card to use on the property----not!
We left before sunrise the next morning for a 99.1 mile run to Port St Joe, Fl. We started the morning with dolphins surfing or bow wake on and off again all day. It was so cool to watch, every once in a while they would roll on their side so that they could look you right in the eye! We stopped in Panama City to fuel up on $3.39 diesel. From Mobile to Panama City we got 3.18 miles to the gallon! I underestimated the time and miles for today so we ended up running for 11.5 hours to get to Port St Joe FL, 99.1 miles. We ran out of the ICW into the bay at 19.1 knots to get to our slip as the sun dropped into the ocean at 7:30 Eastern. So here comes the fun part! As we entered the Marina at dusk, a guy was fishing off the pier and we snagged his line and spooled his reel on to the prop. Just terrific, I am tired, qranky and pissed! We have a few words and after being accused of being a Northerner, we get tied up, so nothing to do till morning. I talk to the Mariana manager at 7 AM and he had a kid in a dive suit in the water at 8:30 AM. No issue he cuts off the line and we are out of the Marina at 9:05.
We have been talking with two other boats behind us that want to cross the gulf weather permitting, on Wed. So after 2 days or texts and VHF talk we dock in Carabella, Fl and meet for the first time. We had Docktails on our boat, then walked into town for dinner. We stopped at the local grocery store borrowed a cart and took our collective provisions back to the boat. Tomorrow is the big day!
We are planning to leave the Marine around noon and will run for 22 hours straight to Tarpon Springs This is about a 181 mile over night passage. wish us luck and Gods speed and protection! We will talk to you on the other side!!!
Putz'n Around!
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