As was the plan for yesterday, Pete was up and cast off by 7 am, so that he could drop the keys to the marina into the net held by the dock hands as he passed the fuel dock.
Once on the Halifax River the currents were definitely against him. For the first half of the day he was only doing 6.2-6.4 mph. He had to take a conference call while under way, keeping the boat in neutral during the call. During the second have of today's travel, the current gods were much kinder. He was cruising at 8.5 + mph. The favorable current allowed him to get to the Eau Dallie Yacht Basin a good 90 minutes earlier than he had planned.
Eau Dallie Yacht Basin is a new marina to us. We never realized that it was here. We had seen it mentioned a couple of times on Bob 423's Waterway guide of the ICW. It is nothing fancy, but it is a deep, well protected harbor and working yard. The staff is friendly and the cost is very reasonable; only a $1.00/ft, which also includes electricity.
Once secured to the dock, Pete had a few work related items to clean up after a conference call this morning and another conference call scheduled at 4.
We said out good nights earlier than usual. Pete was more than ready to call it a day.
~ ~ ~ /) ~ ~ P & K
No comments:
Post a Comment