Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Boat house in Clearwater

Tiki Bait and Bar - Clearwater
Municipal Marina

Beautiful flowers all around here

We have been here for a few days now and we are finally back on a normal schedule.  The first 2 days here were warm and sunny but Monday was very windy and chilly.

We haven't done much since we got here other than the usual; wash clothes, grocery shop, etc.  I used my little cart for groceries as the Publix was about a mile away; it worked good.  We were going to go to "All you can eat" crab at The Brown Boxer last night but when we got there they were out and it was only 18:15; Keith was very disappointed.  He ended up having Mahi Mahi with a lemon butter sauce and I had Shrimp which were both very good.




CO's comments:  Backing into a 14.1' wide slip was interesting since our beam is 14'.  After we got into the slip, I went out and wiggled one of the poles and loosened it up a bit to give us a little more room.  

While crossing the gulf in the middle of the dark night we heard a very loud noise.  Keith and I thought we hit something.  There was silence at first on the radios, then everyone asked if we all heard the same noise.  Some thought they blew an engine but we all decided it was a sonic boom because after looking at the charts we found we were in the middle of a military caution area.  All 5 of us felt their boats shake.

Following a course line in windy and wavy weather reminded me of my early flying days when it was all done by hand.  I explained how it was done to Bobbie, she understood, but it is easier said than done.  The XO did a heck of a good job.