We left Marker 1 Marina a little before 11am this morning between rain showers. It was 28 miles to this anchorage of the ICW in Boca Ciega Bay adjacent to Gulfport. Rain showers came and went all morning but they were just showers and the winds remained steady and light We arrived at the Boca Ciega Bay around 3pm. Field Trip went on to Isla Del Sol Marina a short distance away to meet up with some friends of theirs. We'll connect up with them tomorrow morning when we leave for Sarasota.
We dropped anchor in about 8 feet of water and after man-handling the anchor chain (we haven't deployed the anchor in months) we're stuck fast. A few showers pass bye every so often but its around 62 degrees so for me at least its balmy. Plenty of dolphins out cruising in the rain too.
We made water here with the generator running but when I switched the AC load over to our inverter the CFI kept tripping. Turned out to be the freezer we have on the sundeck. The window above the freezer was left undone and water was every where including the freezers electrical area. So right now we're hoping it'll dry out over the next few days and be usable. Otherwise its a new freezer for us and the painstaking task of cramming everything into one of our other freezers.
Current plan is to leave here tomorrow morning and head for the Sarasota Bay mooring field and stay for a few days. Maybe then I'll have some pictures! Meanwhile tonight we're eating early (thanks Jen for the pea soup!), having a drink, laying out tomorrows courses and resurrecting the West Wing episodes we began watching a few months ago. The stress of finding the proper episode is a killer. This could become a two drink night.
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