Previous Diary Entries
2019
Jan 2019
2018
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Storm coming
Sat 5 Jan 17:29 -
Damon’s tacking
Fri 4 Jan 21:24 -
Pete’s Pub Mooring ball
Fri 4 Jan 20:57 -
Little Harbour
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Sandy Cay
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Early rainbow
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Sunset
Wed 2 Jan 22:25 -
Hope Town anchorage
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Sleepy time
Wed 2 Jan 20:35 -
Garden and Sandy Cay
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Man-O-War Cay
Dec 2018
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Fresh conch
Wed 26 Dec 16:54 -
Sand dollar
Wed 26 Dec 16:40 -
Gilliam bay
Wed 26 Dec 15:58 -
Damon’s Goombay punch
Mon 24 Dec 12:52 -
Harvey’s Grill
Tue 11 Dec 20:27 -
Green Turtle Cay
Sat 8 Dec 20:13 -
Church fundraiser
Sat 8 Dec 19:14 -
Shortys
Thu 6 Dec 12:53 -
Fish tacos
Wed 5 Dec 18:26 -
Black sound
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Ray Cay
Wed 5 Dec 09:35 -
Munjack Cay
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High Cay
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Powell Cay hike
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Waypt 370
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Allan’s Cay
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Guineamans Cay
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Waypt371
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Moraine Cay
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Little Bahama Bank
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Carter’s Cay
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Rhoda channel
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Sand hole point
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Waypt 366
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Rosy Kerb Rocks
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Dinghying
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Fun spot
Sat 1 Dec 17:08 -
Blow again
Sat 1 Dec 17:00 -
Conch shell blower
Sat 1 Dec 16:58 -
Double Breast Cay
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Waypt 361
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Waypt 360
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20 degree heel
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Rosie’s Place
Fri 30 Nov 17:52 -
Grand Cay
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Mangrove Cay
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Church bank
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Old Bahama Bay West End
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Chocolate factory Freeport
Wed 28 Nov 11:55
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Home again
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Sapone
Wed 15 Aug 12:50 -
Lacock’s
Wed 15 Aug 09:54 -
Stingrays
Wed 15 Aug 09:48 -
Lobster!
Tue 14 Aug 10:30 -
Eatin conch salad
Mon 13 Aug 12:00 -
Conch pile
Mon 13 Aug 11:49 -
Joe’s conch shack
Mon 13 Aug 11:46 -
Bimini walking
Mon 13 Aug 08:45 -
Bimini sands resort
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Docked at Sunset Dr
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Yachts
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Turn
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Big house
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Ft Lauderdale bridge
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Sunrise in channel
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Port Everglades channel
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Course change exiting Gulf Stream
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Miami skyline from Gulf Stream
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Turn pt
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Uncharted good snorkel?
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Sunrise Rodriguez Key
Sun 24 Jun 05:05 -
Caught crab pot Rodriguez key
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Coffins Patch Reef - Busy Snorkeling
Sat 23 Jun 16:32 -
Hen and chickens good snorkel
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Alligator reef water spout
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Tried to swim with dolphins
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Sombrero reef green water
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Anchored at Marathon.
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Good-bye stock island
Fri 22 Jun 21:45 -
Key west sunset
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Leaving Stock Island breakfast
Fri 22 Jun 11:43
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Dinghy officiating
Thu 24 May 18:53 -
Key West rooster
Tue 22 May 20:01 -
Yahoo
Sun 20 May 21:44 -
Sand tortugas
Sun 20 May 21:39 -
Dry Tortugas halls
Sun 20 May 21:37 -
Dry Tortugas
Sun 20 May 21:36 -
Deer Key
Sat 19 May 01:16 -
Dive trip
Sat 19 May 01:15 -
Hogfish sandwich
Thu 17 May 23:34 -
I'm on a boat
Wed 16 May 22:14 -
Hard day playing
Wed 16 May 01:40 -
Southern most pt in US
Sun 13 May 23:33 -
Spongebob
Sun 13 May 23:30 -
Chickens in Key West
Sun 13 May 22:13 -
Code words
Sun 13 May 01:56 -
At the pool
Sat 12 May 22:11 -
In our marina
Sat 12 May 20:00 -
Docked. Whew
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Cleaning up lines
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Sailing
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Key West
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Visitor
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Supper
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Playing star realm
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Pelican buoy
Fri 11 May 16:58 -
Smooth sailin
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Putting dinghy away
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Adios Cayo Costa
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Morning hike
Fri 11 May 12:16 -
Sunset too
Fri 11 May 00:11 -
Sunset
Fri 11 May 00:10 -
Gopher tortoise at Cabbage Key
Thu 10 May 22:12 -
Run aground
Thu 10 May 22:07 -
Dolphins!
Thu 10 May 22:06 -
Manatee hunters
Thu 10 May 21:31 -
Look over there
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Cayo costa
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Leaving Burnt Store
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Caught a big one ;)
Mon 7 May 20:56 -
Oiling teak
Sun 6 May 12:35 -
Cleaning the teak
Fri 4 May 18:58 -
Nice
Thu 3 May 23:50
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Marina at sunrise
Tue 24 Apr 11:34 -
Evening
Sun 22 Apr 12:23 -
Mine is biggest
Sat 21 Apr 00:29 -
Fishing
Sat 21 Apr 00:29 -
Fun day fishing with Hodson's
Sat 21 Apr 00:28 -
New dinghy motor
Fri 20 Apr 21:31 -
Happy to have sails
Thu 19 Apr 19:19 -
Visiting manatee
Thu 19 Apr 13:39 -
Going up!
Thu 19 Apr 13:07 -
New sails!
Thu 19 Apr 13:07 -
Another sunset
Sun 15 Apr 00:04 -
Sunset
Sat 14 Apr 00:02 -
Burnt Store Marina
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Into channel
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Nice sailing
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Leaving Pelican Bay
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Manatees
Thu 12 Apr 21:03 -
In the lambordinghy
Thu 12 Apr 17:36 -
Cabbage Key wallpaper $70,000
Thu 12 Apr 17:23 -
Horseshoe crab
Wed 11 Apr 23:12 -
Looking for shells
Wed 11 Apr 23:09 -
Anchored in Pelican Bay
Wed 11 Apr 23:06 -
Trail run
Wed 11 Apr 23:05 -
Thankful to be anchored
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Cayo Costa
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Daylight again
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Really bad. Don't smile
Tue 10 Apr 20:18 -
Worse coming
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Caught us. 25 knot winds
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Storm chasin our dinghy
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Sailing upwind
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Tightening the foot
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Waypt
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Leaving Venice
Tue 10 Apr 13:36 -
Our transportation in Venice
Tue 10 Apr 01:31 -
Fishing in the sunset
Mon 9 Apr 23:32 -
AC fixed, water pump fixed
Mon 9 Apr 23:23 -
Shark tooth capital
Mon 9 Apr 15:34 -
Caspersen Beach
Mon 9 Apr 14:04 -
Venice beach
Mon 9 Apr 13:20 -
Storm hit tied at fuel dock
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Getting lines ready
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Tampa Bay traffic
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Cloud art
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3' 2 sec interval
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Waves
Sat 7 Apr 11:56 -
Outrunning that storm
Sat 7 Apr 11:51 -
Whitecaps today
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Clearwater causeway bridge
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Leaving clearwater
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Grandfolks came to visit
Fri 6 Apr 17:43 -
Pelican
Thu 5 Apr 16:45 -
Horseshoe crab
Mon 2 Apr 17:44 -
Engine apart
Sun 1 Apr 22:18
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Salt water no more
Sat 31 Mar 01:36 -
Busch gardens
Tue 20 Mar 18:16 -
Busch Gardens Tampa
Tue 20 Mar 16:57 -
Clearwater Harbor Marina
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Shark!
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Hotels
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Clearwater in sight
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Almost there
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Brat lunch
Fri 16 Mar 12:20 -
Heeling stove
Fri 16 Mar 12:02 -
Heeling towel
Fri 16 Mar 12:02 -
Played 20 minutes
Fri 16 Mar 10:40 -
Dolphins!
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All fixed! Game time
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transmission cable out
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Setting up fishing
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Code zero out 10 knot wind
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Cat island channel
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Nothing to sea
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207
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Pt206
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Waypt205
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1st watcher naptime
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Sailing finally
Wed 14 Mar 17:45 -
There's sand
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Lunch
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Napping
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Cobra helicopter checkin us out
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Mushroom to stop fray
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Motoring
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Thru Gates
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Floodgates
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Bridge
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New crew
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Corner
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Leaving nola
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New Orleans
Wed 14 Mar 02:02 -
Double chocolate bread pudding
Tue 13 Mar 23:09 -
Beignet...done that
Mon 12 Mar 18:15 -
Muffulatta
Mon 12 Mar 18:07 -
Char grilled oysters
Mon 12 Mar 01:20 -
Cray cray
Mon 12 Mar 01:19 -
NOLA po boys
Mon 12 Mar 01:18 -
NOLA eats
Mon 12 Mar 01:18 -
Battens in
Sat 10 Mar 14:23 -
Sewing
Fri 9 Mar 20:04 -
Sail repair
Fri 9 Mar 20:04 -
Sail folding 101
Fri 9 Mar 00:19 -
De-sailing the sailboat
Fri 9 Mar 00:19 -
Sun rot
Fri 9 Mar 00:18 -
Torn mainsail
Fri 9 Mar 00:18 -
Rough day
Sun 4 Mar 14:48 -
Under
Sat 3 Mar 17:06 -
Up
Sat 3 Mar 17:06 -
Starting up
Sat 3 Mar 17:04 -
Danzinger lift bridge
Sat 3 Mar 16:15 -
Alamonaster bridge
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Interstate 10 Bridge 115' clear
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Wypt 202
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Going up
Sat 3 Mar 15:56 -
Florida Ave railway bridge
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Thany bridge
Sat 3 Mar 15:51 -
Claiborne bridge
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Waaaay down
Sat 3 Mar 15:40 -
Going down
Sat 3 Mar 15:38 -
Tied in the Industrial Lock
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Opening
Sat 3 Mar 15:20 -
St Claude Bridge
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Navy ships
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Busy river
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New Orleans
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Tahiti
Sat 3 Mar 14:55 -
Carnival cruise
Sat 3 Mar 14:52 -
Crescent City Bridge
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Mississippi is flooding
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Buddies on the locks
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Opening
Sat 3 Mar 14:33 -
Other end opening
Sat 3 Mar 14:32 -
Almost done
Sat 3 Mar 14:30 -
Rising
Sat 3 Mar 14:28 -
Water rising
Sat 3 Mar 14:26 -
Closing
Sat 3 Mar 14:21 -
Closed
Sat 3 Mar 14:21 -
Lock starting to close
Sat 3 Mar 14:20 -
Tied on Harvey Lock
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West bank expressway bridge
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Barge house
Sat 3 Mar 13:52 -
Made it
Sat 3 Mar 13:50 -
Finally
Sat 3 Mar 13:50 -
Open sesame
Sat 3 Mar 13:46 -
Lapalco bascule lift bridge
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Contact bridge
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Sandblasting
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Floodgates
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Wp 192
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91
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Fishin
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Barataria waterway
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Wypt 188
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Wypt 186
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Seagull
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Wp183
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Suns out
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Big garages
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Tiger
Sat 3 Mar 09:21 -
70' clearance
Sat 3 Mar 09:18 -
Larose lift bridge
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Fixing tugs
Sat 3 Mar 09:14 -
Problems
Sat 3 Mar 09:13 -
LaRose
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Cold today
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Bald eagle
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Through
Sat 3 Mar 07:24 -
Blue open
Sat 3 Mar 07:23 -
Blue bayou pontoon
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Cows
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Rays
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Sunrise
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Morning
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Morgan city dock
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Oops
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Colorful
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Sights
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Wypt150
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Through
Fri 2 Mar 19:54 -
Watchin the traffic
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Lets go
Fri 2 Mar 19:20 -
Open almost
Fri 2 Mar 19:20 -
Open almost
Fri 2 Mar 19:20 -
Open 1
Fri 2 Mar 19:19 -
Bayou DuLarge Bascule Bridge
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Approaching Houma
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Nice place on the river
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Wpt 146
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Water color change
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Wp 144
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Cocodrile
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Waypt 142
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Trees
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Back in ICW
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Brownies
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Eagles everywhere
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8 eagles soaring
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Pair of bald eagles
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More trees
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Bayou trees
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Bayou Chene
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Grounded
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Close one
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Morgan City
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Barely made it under the train bridge
Thu 1 Mar 20:48 -
Morgan City
Thu 1 Mar 20:27 -
Morgan City
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Tug parking lot
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Entering Atchafalaya River
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Little Bethel Bayou
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House boat?
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Bridge
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Cable ferry
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Headlamp AND hat
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Louisa Bascule Bridge 73' closed
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Peaceful icw
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St Peter
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Traffic jam
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Weeks Bay
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Flying the Tabasco flag
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Mossy trees
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Barn
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Channels
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Birds
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Parallel parking salt barges
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Salt mines. Wrong direction
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Really tall grass
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All looks the same
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Don't see any peppers yet
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Bayou reading
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Bayou Petite Anse
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Waypt 99
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Going to Avery Island
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Shrimper row
Wed 28 Feb 18:49 -
Overtaking Vincent Sapp
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Sailing the ICW
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Maxie Pierce grocery store
Wed 28 Feb 16:56 -
Maxie Pierce breakfast
Wed 28 Feb 16:56 -
Shell Morgan Landing
Wed 28 Feb 16:55 -
Shell Morgan Landing refuel
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Mama Boys
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Waypt 94
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Industrial
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Leland Bowman Lock
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American Power
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Bridge
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Fixed bridge
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Crawfish farm
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Nice
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Shrubs
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Relaxin'
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Strummin'
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Hangin
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Rice fields
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Yummy
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Bird island
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Workout!
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Off the grid
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Mallard Bay
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Rabbit Island
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Maple marsh
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Negro island
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Shallow water everywhere
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Headin out
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Bringing up anchor
Tue 27 Feb 15:03 -
Boat camping
Mon 26 Feb 21:18 -
Solar power at anchorage
Mon 26 Feb 21:05 -
Anchorage for night
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Grand lake
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Cool trees in river
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Mermentau River
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Elizabeth
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Lunch is always a good time
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Passin on the ones
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Waypt76
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Passin on the twos
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Rigging mosquito protection
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Lacassine Wildlife Refuge
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Aunt June
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Playing chicken at Creole Canal bridge
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Spinning cookies waiting for barge
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Unwanted visitor
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Waypt 72
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Riverbank
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Way pt 71
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Sweet Lake
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Breakwater at willow lake
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Tea time
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Tall grass
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Wypt69
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Roads out
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Bridge open
Mon 26 Feb 15:45 -
Grand Lake pontoon bridge
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South fork black bayou
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Cajun riviera
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Waypt 67
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Photo from Linda
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Barge Inez Cenac
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On the bayou
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Pontoon bridge closing
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Black bayou pontoon bridge
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Entering calcasieu locks
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Devil's elbow
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Wypt56
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Wypt57
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Wypt58
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Breakfast
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Tug
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Industry
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Big ships
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Unloading rock
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Leaving Casino
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Sunday lunch
Sun 25 Feb 19:08 -
Golden Nugget Casino
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Fixed bridge#10
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Windy
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Dredge 33
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Made it under
Sat 24 Feb 15:31 -
Starting up
Sat 24 Feb 15:31 -
Trash barge
Sat 24 Feb 15:24 -
Coal barges
Sat 24 Feb 15:23 -
Ellender lift brifge waiting line
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Pines
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Cows
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3for 1
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Wypt 36
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Gum cove
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Wpt 35
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Waypt 55
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Reading
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Multiple channels
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In the lake
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Barge alley
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Waypt 32
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Gingerbread scones and choc milk
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Nordic apollo
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Lake sabine
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Troviken
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Really close
Sat 24 Feb 09:40 -
Corossol up close
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136' clearance
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Turquoise at Bridge #9
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Sunshine on my shoulders
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Waypt30
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Golden State off port
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Motoring
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Shrimpers
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Leaving marina
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Sabine marina and LNG ship
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Sabine marina channel
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BIG crane
Fri 23 Feb 20:25 -
Crane in channel
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Meal of a sailor
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Supper in the red
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Sabine channel
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Waypt 49
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Lunch
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Rigging the code zero
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Nap time
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No see um
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Out of channel
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Tea time
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Finally sun
Fri 23 Feb 07:16 -
Green buoy
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To Waypt 4
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Watching instruments
Fri 23 Feb 06:20 -
Waypt
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Night anchorage
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Laguna Harbour
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Shrimp boats!
Thu 22 Feb 17:25 -
Fish city
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Entering ICW
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Gold Sun
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Big boy passing
Thu 22 Feb 15:49 -
Wake watchin
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Big girl passing
Thu 22 Feb 15:28 -
Barge
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OSG Intrepid
Thu 22 Feb 15:01 -
Ship channel
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Thar she blows!
Thu 22 Feb 14:19 -
Fueling up
Thu 22 Feb 13:49 -
Parting shot
Thu 22 Feb 13:22 -
Pier 8 pre-departure party
Thu 22 Feb 12:30 -
Darren up the mast
Thu 15 Feb 10:03 -
Drying out
Thu 15 Feb 09:26 -
Cleaning gear
Thu 15 Feb 09:19 -
Afterwards
Thu 15 Feb 07:30 -
Workin
Wed 14 Feb 21:00 -
Home again
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Almost back
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To Kemah
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294* then FOGGY ship channel
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Lost fuel pump, getting beat up
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Safety corridor to avoid ships, then 90*
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New course 140*
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6.8 knts
Mon 12 Feb 17:22 -
Gulls fishing off stern
Mon 12 Feb 17:06 -
Lots of traffic
Mon 12 Feb 17:03 -
Darren tightening leech
Mon 12 Feb 16:45 -
Changed course 113*
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Heading 96*
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Clearing channel
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Leaving pelican poop pier
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Choppy gardens
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almost there
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double bridge
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Opening bridge for us
Sat 10 Feb 18:04 -
Pelican causeway bridge
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heading in
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turn around!
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Too foggy!
Sat 10 Feb 16:40 -
foggy cruise gone!
Sat 10 Feb 16:33 -
foggy cruise almost
Sat 10 Feb 16:32 -
foggy cruise 1
Sat 10 Feb 16:31 -
Galveston
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warm muffins!
Sat 10 Feb 16:00 -
channel