Happy Birthday Davis!
Depending on who you ask, today was a good day or a 'not so good' day. I thought it was good, but Pat wanted 'Flat' seas and that was not to be. We left at first light - 7:10 and was out in the Gulf by 8:00. Went about 4 miles but too rough for Pat so we turned around and went back inside to the Intracoastal. That was calm for 30 miles to Tarpon Springs. Things had calmed down and we were back out in the Gulf heading to Cedar Key, FL for 45 minutes before Pat realized we were in the Gulf. It was not as rough 2-3 footers on the Port bow, but not smooth either.
But she went back to sleep so Ron and I just kept on keeping our eyes on the "land mines" which are actually Crab Pots but you want to treat them as land mines because you don't want to tangle with them. They seem to be everywhere. After a while when we did not see any, we would get worried that we were missing them.... Love Crab, but hate the Pots.......
Made it to Cedar Key by 4 pm after 115 miles. Met and rafted up at anchor with Bob and Liz, other PDQ 34 owners. Had a good chat with them, that helped Pat's mood. We will cross with them to Apalachicola tomorrow. They have smaller engines so I'll have to hold back on the throttles. Should have about 90 miles of open water across the Gulf than about 15-20 miles of more protected waters.
For the non-boaters we averaged 13.5 miles per hour. Probably burned about 40 gallons of fuel.
Wish us luck tomorrow with the Gulf and the Crab Pots.
Liz and Bob
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