A leg in our journey... From Appalachicola FL to Tarpon Springs FL

After having fun watching the dolphins we had a slight problem. About two thirds into our 24hr trip in the Gulf of Mexico from Apalachicola to Tarpon Springs, our motor finally gave out. (Bruce planned on rebuilding the motor soon) Bruce managed to keep it limping along for awhile but decided it had it and shut it down. Good thing we are a sailboat. We hoisted the sails and sailed the rest of the way, about 60 miles. The wind went from very light to making me nervous. I was nervous because we were fifty miles from shore and no radio contact at all. When we reached Tarpon Springs, we anchored near shore in what we thought would be a protected area, but that was not to be. All night we rocked and rolled with the waves slamming the bottom and the wind howling. Thank goodness our anchor held because there would be nothing we could do if it dragged other than throwing out another anchor. This morning we called Sea Tow to tow us into the marina where we will fix the motor next month. When I think about it now, this was not so bad. We have been lucky in our cruising days.

Arcadia

This is our 34 ft. catamaran that we live on full time. We've been in three countries (USA, Canada, Bahamas), two Finger Lakes (Cayuga Lake,Seneca Lake), three Great Lakes (Lake Ontario, Lake Huron,Lake Michigan), the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, The ICW,The Erie Canal System, the Trent Severn Waterway and many rivers and bays.

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