Clearwater, FL

Saturday, December 6th we were all up at 5:30 to get ready for our crossing. We needed to leave as soon as we could see the buoys to leave the marina. At 7:00 it was light enough and we left along with 2 other boats that were also making the trip. We decided to take the longer route closer to shore because the harbor master suggested the seas might be calmer. The seas were about 2-3 ft. and the wind at 8 to 10 knots. When we were out of East Pass and cruising about 17.9 knots the water was coming over the flybridge and a good time to move the pilothouse for the rest of the trip.















You can never have too many pairs of eyes watching!!!







We arrived in Clearwater, FL at 4:15, a little over 9 hours after traveling about 180 miles. The time seemed to fly by as we're pretty good at entertaining ourselves while cruising!

We stayed in Clearwater on Sunday also due to the windy weather. Bob and I are anxious to get back to Burnt Store marina but we still need to have low seas to travel from here out in the gulf to home!