Tuesday, April 15, 2014 – 8 PM – Leg 10/Day 16 – 39.1 Miles It finally happened, the dreaded grounding. The anchors were dropped and set and the alarms were entered on the GPS. The depth was 15′ at the end of the evening before retiring to bed. During the night the anchors pulled just enough to get over a shallow bottom, not quite far enough to set off...
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Monday, April 14, 2014 – 8 PM – Leg 9/Days 13, 14, & 15 of The Great Loop – 39.3 Miles Two days off was just what the body & soul needed. The weather turned colder and windier so staying mostly indoors was in order. After hooking up at the marina, the laundry was done, the old girl was cleaned top to bottom and now is all sparkly. The TV Antenna that...
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Friday, April 11, 2014 – 9 PM – Leg 8/Day 12 of The Great Loop – 51.7 Miles Today’s word-of-the-day would marshes. During high tide, the marshes cover the land and the water just seems to go on forever. It’s very deceiving because if you get off the ICW marked channel, you would run aground very quickly even at high tide. There was civilization...
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 – 9 PM – Leg 7/Days 10 & 11 of The Great Loop – 46.7 Miles The off day was spent working on the boat at a blistering puttering speed. The mess was cleaned from the last few days, the oil was changed, the laundry was laundered and after that, a nap and playing on the computer updating Facebook and catching up on the email was in...
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014 – 4 PM – Leg 6/Part 3/Day 9 of The Great Loop – 27.2 Miles After 3 days, Leg 6 is finally finished. We arrived back to shore by noon and the kids got back on the road and off to their normal routines. It was a pleasant and grand time with them. It’s really good to see Preston so happy and content. Suddenly, the feelings of...
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