On our way

Well we are on our way!

Moosetracks left St Petersburg Municipal Marina on 12/12/12/ @ 12:12 as planned. There was a small gathering of 14 people on the dock as we pulled away from our slip. Terry and Alma did post a short video of our exit on youtube which you can find here Moosetracks Video

Our first stop was the Manatee river where we met up with Friends on Dulces Suenos, LuAnne and Lyman. We also met with Friendship who want to buddy boat with us to the Bahamas, Seldon and Jackie got in late so we met in the morning. We all left bright and early. Dulces Suenos left for Sarasota and Moosetracks and Friendship left for Longboat key. Nice easy stuff to get started, after all we are cruising now!

In Longboat we set plans for the next hop. Seldon had some charging issues and work on canvas he wanted done so he opted to leave starting for Marathon. Liz and I wanted to taker our time so we headed for our favorite anchorage on the west coast - Pelican Bay on Cayo Costa.

We had the most wonderful sail down the Gulf at 6.4 Knots average speed over 60 nm also hitting 8.5 knots at one point. What a great ride. We were early in Pelican Bay and settled in for dinner.

We have a small repair we found on the cockpit scupper hose so we decided to go to Fort Myers Beach for a replacement hose. We found a mooring ball and decided to split duties, Devin cycled to West Marine and Liz did laundry. Well turns out West Marine closed that branch, but the guys in the laundry knew and offered Liz a ride so they caught me on my way back and drove us 20 miles to the new store! Cruising sailors are really a extremely nice bunch and thanks Braid.

So we now plan a jump to Marathon, weather looks like we might leave tomorrow so we’ll be blogging again from there.

Fair Winds

Devin & Liz.