Distance traveled: 54 nautical miles
Travel time: 8 hours, 7 minutes
NOTE: I fell behind and this post is out of order.
C’est La Vie had said we’d cast off the lines at 6:47-7:00am. I told Kenny I wanted to get an early start and go ahead and leave and we could slow down and wait on C’est La Vie for a change. I don’t want them to think we couldn’t keep up with the big boats.
We had heavy rains overnight. They were blowing rains, too. The entire cockpit was drenched and not just the edges. And rain ran in under the pilothouse doors and soaked the rug.
As we were untying from the slip, I was using the dock pole to remove the bow lines from an outer piling. The pole slipped as I was pulling the line up and it smacked me in the face. Luckily, it didn’t hurt. I laughed and tried again. Success! Set the pole down, secure the lines and take my glasses off my head so I can see distance. Oh, my glasses are not on my head. Must have left them downstairs. hmmm… No. They are not downstairs. After a thorough search we conclude that I actually did have my glasses on my head when I was using the dock pole and were knocked overboard when I hit myself with the pole. sigh… My first major contribution to Davy Jones’ Locker. I’m not entirely blind. Reading is fine. Distance is blurry. This means I can’t really help Kenny drive the boat as much as we’re used to. Yes. I should have had a spare pair on board. Thanks for suggesting that. 🙂
Once we got underway we caught up with C’est La Vie. Yes. They beat use again! haha. The weather was gray, rainy and foggy. It was really quite foggy. And not just because I couldn’t see. Luckily, it cleared up to just gray and rainy.
One of the most dangerous stretches of the ICW is called The Rock Pile. Seriously. It’s a ten mile or so narrow stretch with rocks on both sides just under the surface in places. If you’re the only boat there you can stay in the center and you’re ok. If there’s a large barge or shrimper coming in the opposite direction and you need to move over it can be dangerous if you hit the rocks. Now, we have a pretty shallow draft at 3′ 2″. So, we’re likely to be ok. If you’re a sailboat or a trawler that drafts 6′ or 7′ and you have to move over and it’s low tide. Or if the wake of the passing boat pushes you further over than you mean to be… well… rock meets hull of boat. Our trip through was pretty uneventful.
Kitty
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