Day 178, 4th February, 2010
This was a memorable day! The wind was perfect - about 15kn out of the east, gave us a perfect beam reach all day down the Bay of Biscayne. Conditions couldn't have been better. Speed Over Ground varied between 6.2 and 7.2knots all day!! There are moments on a sail boat when you know for sure that life just couldn't get any better. Shear Bliss!!
We nearly stopped in one anchorage but decided it was rather exposed so decided to go on a little further. Pea Soup were ahead of us and when they stopped we knew something wasn't right. Sure enough, they'd picked up a crab pot on the propeller!! That seems another common thing about sailing. Just when you get to thinking life is perfect, something untoward occurs. We both dropped the anchors, and Reg went overboard. Fortunately he was able to untangle the crab pot without even having to use the knife. No harm done, he'd shoved it into neutral in time!!! We finally anchored in Barnes Sound in the shelter of the mangroves. Nobody else around.
Sharon and Reg came over for rum and cokes and munchies - they deserved it after the crab pot.
This was a memorable day! The wind was perfect - about 15kn out of the east, gave us a perfect beam reach all day down the Bay of Biscayne. Conditions couldn't have been better. Speed Over Ground varied between 6.2 and 7.2knots all day!! There are moments on a sail boat when you know for sure that life just couldn't get any better. Shear Bliss!!
We nearly stopped in one anchorage but decided it was rather exposed so decided to go on a little further. Pea Soup were ahead of us and when they stopped we knew something wasn't right. Sure enough, they'd picked up a crab pot on the propeller!! That seems another common thing about sailing. Just when you get to thinking life is perfect, something untoward occurs. We both dropped the anchors, and Reg went overboard. Fortunately he was able to untangle the crab pot without even having to use the knife. No harm done, he'd shoved it into neutral in time!!! We finally anchored in Barnes Sound in the shelter of the mangroves. Nobody else around.
Sharon and Reg came over for rum and cokes and munchies - they deserved it after the crab pot.
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