Patch Day

 The Coast Guard issued a small craft wind advisory this morning.  We went anyway.  The winds were at 35knots, seas at 4' with a 2 second interval (that means every 2 seconds a 4' wave hits you).  A rule of thumb is 4' x 2 = 8, so a 4' wave should not be closer together than every 8seconds or you're going to get the crap knocked our of you.  We did get the crap knocked out of us.  I had to use another patch but, once again, it worked like a champ and Ellie had an L-Theanine.

  A bouncing buoy, guessing it weighs 2000#

   

   Bouncing boats 

  Writing the blog, David took a pic of how close we are to the bow of the mega yacht that's 3' off our swim step  That dark thing is their anchor

  Bouillabaisse !!! and it was really good, loved the mussels

  David's Captain's Platter, grouper, shrimp, scallops with garlic mashers and cheesy grits

  Tropical Rum Punch, sweet but good!

  Sign telling about the manatees

  The marina's pet parrot

  And if it's blowing 15knots, we don't go, too much wind

  View from the swim step 

We left the dock around 9am and fought current, waves and wind until 3:30pm.  We are both pretty beat, you get quite the core workout.  We went up to the restaurant at the marina and it was memorable, in a good way!  Today we went from South Seas in Captiva to Naples, FL,  to Crow's Nest in Venice, FL. , 49 miles, 7 hours, 33 gallons of fuel. The weather is supposed to be bad again tomorrow but we will head to our final destination of Riviera Dunes in Palmetto FL, near Bradenton anyway.