Thursday
Miles Traveled 30.4
Total Miles Traveled 1552
Day 85
Happy Birthday Elaine, we will always
miss you guys.
Today was windy and cool and
our course to Carrabelle was over open water.
Because the bays are so shallow, we had to travel over 3 miles out into Apalachicola
Bay, before turning East into the channel.
“Moni Jean” handled the 2-3 foot waves without issue mainly due to our
course being northeast and the waves were coming from north, northeast.
This is our first experience
using range dayboards. These aids to
navigation come in pairs to help maintain a straight and safe course within a
navigable channel. Each member of the
pair is separated from the next in distance and elevation, with the one in
front shorter than the one behind it.
When the two appear to be vertically stacked, your vessel is on the
range line. These dayboards and our
chartplotter were very helpful staying in the narrow channel in an open body of
water.
We arrived at the Carrabelle
River leaving St. George Sound, in calm and protected waters.
2 comments:
Ahoy Rick & Moni, looks like the trip so far has been great. You have seen a lot of different things, eat a lot of different foods, hey in the bay's try casting spoons I hear thy work good, haven't tried them yet, but will. Have you seen lightning bugs down hear yet, I haven't. Be safe across the open water, we will see you soon. Brother Dean
Every day is a new adventure, we especially enjoy the anchorages. The food has been great and when in the coastal towns we have met some really interesting people. We bought a spoon and artificial shrimp, no luck yet but haven't been fishing much lately. See you guys soon.
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