ON THE WATER AGAIN
20 April 2017 | Pelican Bay
(Sunset At Pelican Bay)
We are back out on the water. The winds, once again, have abated and we thought we would take advantage of it. We left the slip around noon and had planned to sail down the harbor in the predicted 10-15 knot southeasterly breeze to the anchorage at Useppa Island. Well, the wind was as predicted for maybe ten minutes, or so it seemed. Actually, it was closer to 5 to 10, which isn't enough to get anywhere within a reasonable timeframe. Then the sea breeze kicked in and the direction changed to westerly. So, we motored. Instead of Useppa, we headed into Pelican Bay to anchor and avoid the chop from passing boats on the ICW. There are 12 boats in the back basin and maybe 20 out front. We will be here for the night and tomorrow morning we will go south and then pass through Redfish Pass to spend some time in the Gulf. We will work our way north and come back in at Boca Grande, eventually returning to Pelican for the night. If all goes as planned!