Today is the day we have been looking forward to/fearing for the past few weeks. We will be leaving Port St. Joe marina about 11:00 (we are now back on EST) and heading out into the big scary Gulf of Mexico. We ran in the gulf from Panama City to here just to see what it was like and seas at 2-4 feet were a wee bit uncomfortable but not too bad on the nose. Forecast over the next 48 hours is for seas less than 2 feet along the entire route, should be a smooth run (knock on wood). We will be covering a bit over 200 miles and should be in to Dunedin around noon Tuesday. The tracker will be on so if any of you wake up Tuesday morning and see us going in circles please call the Coast Guard....
Really, this should be no big deal, just a very long day. There were 2 sailboats that left this morning from here and several boats headed from Carrabelle so we will have company along the way. Our sister ship is docked behind us and we will be traveling together.
Wish us luck and follow along. Look for a post late week on the uneventful crossing and some pictures from Port St. Joe, a very nice town.
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