Happy Birthday to the USMC - 235 years old. When we got to Eastern Shores Marina I took the CO out to dinner to celebrate his birthday. The waitress said that he didn't look 235! We had excellent sea food at Tamra's in downtown Fairhope, AL.
We got an early start to our 70 mile day; 06:20 with some fog but OK to go. We heard from Sea Hawk this morning at Mile 15 and the tide of about 1 foot got him off ground at 01:30. He thinks all is well but will have everything checked at Mobile Bay.
We made it through Mobile Bay and turned at Marker 72, 90 degrees for 1 mile and then 125 degrees for 6.5 miles to our marina. When we turned at 72 our depth was only 4 feet (low tide); a little nerve racking but we made it just fine. It sounds like we will be here for a while as we have to wait for parts for our cutters. We did have a damaged prop and we are having our spare props put on.
N30 32.549
W87 54.140
CO's comments: Some people had made the comment to me-why do you need radar on the river? That is one piece of equipment that I would not be without. In fog with visibilities of 1/4 mile you could not only pick up other boats but buoys, deadheads and the shoreline.
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| Lots of birds on the river |
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| Sea Hawk on the water again |
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| Our first view of Mobile Bay |
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| Off loading a container ship |
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| Mobile Convention Center |
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| Roy El leaving anchorage-decided to bring a tree with |
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