We tied up along the North T-wall as usual, but this time I insisted on turning around so we are heading out and took the end of the dock. Every time we have been here and start to leave, the wind and tide pick up and we are in the middle of a bunch of million dollar yachts trying to turn around in a 60' wide canal while the wind is trying to blow us into the big money. I just knew every slip would be filled by nightfall but the old saying, if you are prepared for it, it just won't happen came true again. We were the only transient on the dock.
It rained Sat afternoon, night, Sunday and I mean rain. The wind got up to 28 kts after midnight and I had to get out in the rain and add fenders and retie the boat twice. Sunday afternoon it became patchy rain so I was able to get the wifi project going. Just as I was stepping into the bosun chair two cruising friends from Muskogee, OK walked up to see how we were doing. They had been to Apalachicola staging vehicles for their trip from Panama City and then cross to Clearwater, FL. We had not seen them in a couple of years and they sold their sailboat and went to the dark side with a Gulfstar 44 trawler. Good visit and lunch but it cost me a couple of hours and I ended up working in a cold windy mist.
We plan to leave St. Joe Tues. morning motoring the ICW to Apalatchicola to ready for a Wed jump across the gulf. The pics were taken with Ifone from the spreaders on the mizzen mast.
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