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| Well it must be time to go, here is our buddy boat for the crossing, Algonquin, 3 souls on board, Kathy, Garth, and ZEKE. Hi Kathy! Glad to see Zeke is nice and relaxed for the trip on the bow. |
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| This day will be filled with a bunch of firsts for us. We are usually done traveling for the day before 4pm but today it is the beginning of our day. The plotter shows us heading out through the channel at 4:16 pm with an arrival time of 9:36am ( I sure do wish that was true.) Traveling 170 miles in one shot, more than 12 hours of it in total darkness, no cell or internet service and no land in sight. |
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| Algonquin leading the way. |
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| Sunset was around 5:45ish |
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| This is what the helm looked like all night. There were plenty of stars to gaze at and at 8.45pm the moon rose but other than that we watched the single white light up ahead on Algonquin. We did have others to talk to during the night but they were not in sight during the trip. A group of 7 boats left ahead of us at 1pm they were the slower group. Also at 4am that morning the Fast group of 2 left. And the last 2. US traveling at moderate speed. |
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| 5.30am we had arrived a bit early and waited for the sun to light the way as we would be heading toward land and also many crab pots. |
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| Sunrise! |
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| Here we part ways with Algonquin as they are heading to Clearwater and we are heading into Tarpon Springs. It was nice traveling with them and I am sure we will see them down the waterway again at some point. Merry Christmas Kathy and Garth, oh and Zeke too! |
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| Suns up time to make waves again. |
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| All in all we had a pleasant crossing sometimes bumpy sometimes not so much. But wouldn't it have been nice to have glass like this all night. Total trip time was 20 hours Oh! and my Christmas tree travelled well, it didn't even fall over! I did wire it up though. |
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| Merry Christmas Everyone! |
