We finally got underway for Florida this morning! Yay!
The wind is howling out of the north, so we are having to hug the coastline to stay in calmer waters. This is going to add a few miles to the trip today, but worth it to not have stuff falling off counters and out of cabinets. Just means we will have to run an extra hour or so. Well worth it.
Progress was slow when we left this morning. Between wind and current we were only making 5 knots! Fortunately, that has crept up to 7 knots now, which is pretty much our normal cruising speed. We can go faster, but I much prefer the fuel consumption (3.5GPH) at this speed.
We are currently just SE of Biloxi, and have another 5 hours to go to get to our planned anchorage for the night. That is just north of Dauphin Island, which will allow us to scoot across Mobile Bay (our arch nemesis) first thing in the morning. It is supposed to be calm all day, but I want to get an early start and get across before that changes.
Well, it is time for an engine room check, so I will post more later.
3 comments:
Looks like the weather tomorrow will cooperate and you should have no problems with "the bay". :)
Have a great trip how far will you be going?
Hi, Steve! We hope to get at least to Apalachicola, if not Carabelle.
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