49 degrees in the morning, not quite as cold as the last two days. 32 miles to cover, and our friend Susie will have dinner ready for us at home, so we got an early start. The wind is in the hangover-from-front-passage phase, i.e. light from the east. Good thing for a reliable engine. Although we could have gone outside to the Gulf via the channel south of Anclote Key or Clearwater Pass, there is no point to being outside in the Gulf if we need to power anyway. The trip down the ICW was enjoyable but uneventful. We stopped at John's Pass to top off the fuel tanks: 8.8 gallons for a week's cruising with a lot of engine hours. The boat gets better miles per gallon than our car. Reached home at 4:30. It was disappointing to cut our cruise short, but despite its challenges we had fun.
No comments:
Post a Comment