Saturday January 15, 2011

One last trip in the car to Publix for onions and potatoes. These last minute provisions should get us through to the Bahamas.

I started the motor. We cast off the dock lines at 11AM to head south. The boat would not move. It was low tide and we were touching the bottom. Dave put the boat hook on the piling and I pushed off the other piling with one of the oars from the new dingy. This effort paid off and we were off the bottom and on our way. I pointed the bow out toward the Inter coastal Water Way and headed the bow south.

As soon as we got onto the channel, I had to hail a draw bridge operator. We needed to have a drawbridge opened so that we could get through. The bridge was only 20 ft tall and we need at least 30 feet to make it under comfortable without knocking off the anchor light and the antenna,

It was partly cloudy as we motored south. The water was very calm. Wind was gentle out of the SE. We took the ICW all the way to Manatee Pocket. I drove the boat all the way up to a dock near a resteraunt. Got a great deal on a slip. I should have asked what is wrong with it. Turns out we are 25 feet from a rock and roll band. They have turned their amp up to 10. I hope they stop playing before midnight.