Slow Cruising!

This morning we lifted our hook around 11AM and headed to the ICW. We had taken our time when we got up and had a cooked breakfast of pancakes and sausage. We needed to send a fax and yesterday at the book store they wanted $3 per page and we had 5 double sided, no way. Seth, our mail service guy, delivered our mail and picked up our sheets to fax and it was a whole lot less expensive than the book store. After Larry dinghied to shore to meet him and returned we headed out.

The section of the ICW we were about to travel is lacking depth so it can be tricky. Another reason we waited until 11AM, was for a rising tide, it lifts all boats. We were doing fine until the last cut though skinny water and a fast moving power boat gave us a pretty good wake. With each of the troughs we ceremoniously hit bottom with a thud. Then it felt like we were dredging when the depth sounder read 0. It was good to get past the skinny water.

The winds blew 15 to 20 knots today and the air was a bit cool. We encounterd enough chop that we took spray over the bow and felt it back in the cockpit. The sun was bright though and made it feel warm.

We made it to Tarpon Basin at 3:30 and decided to call it quits for the day. We relaxed in the cockpit and enjoyed the peaceful surroundings and a swim in the water. The picture shows the sun just before it set and one of the two other boats sharing the anchorage with us. Tomorrow we should have a short day to Elliot Key.