Moving Again

Hi all,
After two months in St Petersburg, Florida, we are moving again. We left our slip at 9:30 yesterday morning with several of our friends helping us off and waving goodbye. It was a bittersweet departure. We had a great time in St Petersburg and were able to spend time with both previous and new friends. It was starting to feel like home and we were afraid if we stayed much longer we wouldn't be able to leave. But leave we did.

For the first time in a long time we were able to sail with no motor. We sailed all the way through Tampa Bay, under the Tampa Bay Sunshine Skyway Bridge to the ICW.

Along the ICW we had two bridges to get through. We had to wait 10 minutes for the first to open (opens every 20 minutes) and that put us in perfect time to get to the next bridge when it was time to open. We weren't on the ICW much more than an hour when we arrived at Long Boat Key, where we planned to anchor for the night. The anchor was set by 3:00, which was our target.

We went ashore to Mar Vista for a drink and dinner and were back on our boat in time for sunset.

We aren't going to be able to go far today as we need to wait for high tide to get out of here and that isn't until the afternoon. So we'll make a short run to Marina Jack (Sarasota) for tonight.

That's it for now. Take care.
Brian