Where the wind blows..nobody goes

Day39 Sunday 9/2

We are now at Perdido Key RV and Marina in where else, Perdido Key, Pensacola, Florida. We left Turner Marine on Friday morning, crossed Mobile Bay in around 4 hours.  Mark got to motor sail some by letting out the jib.  Wind gusts, along with choppiness made it a little exciting!  We lucked out by beating the line of weather.. Must go faster...is what Mark got tired of hearing.

Sunset at Turner Marine

Made it into the protection of the barrier islands and into the GIWW (Gulf Intracoastal Water Way) in early afternoon and felt familiar/comfortable in seeing land on both sides.  Reminded us of the rivers except for the greener waters and occasional dolphin sightings. Some money here..

Cruised into Ingraham Bayou off the water way for a relaxing evening on the hook (anchored).  Warm again so separated we were.  (Yoda speak)I woke up first as a cool mist of wetness filtered down my way. Realized it was raining with our hatches open! Apparently it was a light rain that had been going on for awhile so I hadn’t heard it.  Well, besides the difficulty of getting Mark out of his REM cycle of sleeping to help, spent quite a long time mopping up!

Woke up on Saturday morning and realized our planned course of sailing had to be amended when we found out that the Gulf was under small craft warnings. Mark looked on our Windfinder app and realized we wouldn’t be able to go out until Thursday.  Ergo, the morning was spent figuring out where we would be staying (of course it’s also a holiday extended weekend).

Pulled up anchor and began our route only to see some scary skies off starboard center. See pic

Well, we thought we might be able to beat this, and we almost did, but didn’t . Hopefully the video works, but, what happened was zero visibility, a middle section of canvas not completely waterproofed and side rain, wind, and choppy water.  I’m laughing now but it was scary because we couldn’t see any boats coming at us.  Mark couldn’t watch chart plotter(had to watch for boats) so I had the charts up on iPad in companionway yelling, port, port, starboard, buoy!, etc.  I kept us in the channel and luck or God kept us clear of vessels.  

Here’s a pic if the video won’t work...zoom in to see concern on Marks face!

Meaning of Title?  Even though we thought we could go out on Thursday..there is another wind possible if that tropical depression becomes hurricane Gordon.. stay tuned.