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We spent the day at Baytowne I washed the boat, filled the water tank, and did some maintenance on the boat and walked around the town for a while.Dinner at one of the local pizza spots.Windy today, heading towards the Pensacola are…

We left St Andrews at 8:30 this morning the wind was 5-10 from the South. There were only ripples on the water outside the marina. We contined across West Bay then for a long ride down a dredged cut through pine forests. Next we entered Chocktawha…

We left the slip at Bay Point at 8:10 AM following the channel out to the bay, I did touch bottom at one of the corners but was able to back off and continue, by 9:30 we wrer tied up at the dock of St, Andrews Marina. after we were settled I took a tax…

After our Goodbyes to Sunshine and the boys Joshua brought us back to the boat this morning, we stopped at a Winn Dixie to pick up some things we needed. We plan to go across the bay to St Andrew’s marina for a day so I can go to a nearby clinic t…

The wind was very strong all day 15-20 K from the south, the waves were crashing on the beach all day. Not a good day to be out on a boat. We walked around the town and beach doing some sightseeing.  Then BBQed  for dinner.Below are some pict…

Friday afternoon Joshua, Sunshine, and the boys picked us up at the marina. We drove over to Rosemary Beach which is about 20 miles East of Bay point. We stopped at a Publix to pick up groceries then on to the condo to get settled. We walked …

We raised the anchor and left Pitts Bayou at 8 AM , Wind was light from the North it had switched from the South over night and turned the boat 180 degrees, end for end, no problem. We passed by the paper mill and the downtown marina and out to St Andr…

We took on 60 gallons of diesel today, we didn’t really need to but we were parked right next to the fuel pump so figured we would fill up while it was easy. The wind was calm but picked up some during the day,We left at 10:15 AM  the first h…

We spent the day in Apalachicola today did a couple of boat projects then walked to the grocery store for a few things we needed. I filled the water tank as the water here tastes pretty good, some of the places along the coast have sulfur tasting …

We are still cruising across, the weather is fine, South wind about 5K and easy swells 1 or 2 feet, the water depth out here is right around 100′. The Moon set about 3:30 once it was down the stars were even more visible, a very nice display!…