We crossed the Gulf of Mexico to Dunedin, Fl.

After studying all the weather resources Monday morning we decided that it was the night to cross. If you are not fast enough to complete the 180 miles trip in daylight then you do an overnight crossing so as to arrive well after sunrise because there are crab pots out up to 30 miles offshore and you need to be able to see them. NOAA was saying we would see 2' seas on the arrival end but everyone else was saying smaller. The next week showed things only deteriorating. We left the slip at 200 pm with Infinite Sea following. Exited the Carrabelle River and turned east towards East Pass on the west end of Dog Island to head out into the gulf. The weather was beautiful. There were 5 slower boats ahead of us that left earlier in the day. We were to meet 2 boats in East Pass that left Apalachicola earlier. The sunset was beautiful without a cloud in the sky. We eventually closed with the slower boats and early Tuesday morning were joined by 6 faster boats who left later. From there our flotilla of 15 continued  towards the coast. The seas picked up a bit and started coming from behind. The ride wasn't to bad but the autopilot had it's work cut out trying to keep up with them. The sunrise was beautiful also. Then the nerve racking part came as we neared the coast and proceeded into the intercoastal waterway. Crab pots everywhere! We arrived at Marker 1 marina a little after noon very tired. We were met by Ron & Jan Matuska from Adagio are the harbor hosts here and also the ones we traveled most of the summer with. Later had dinner with them. There are 13 looper boats here now. As you'll see from the pictures I was not successful in avoiding the crab pots, I caught a float on my external thruster.

Dockside at Carrabelle.

Infinite Sea leaving the Carrabelle River.

East Pass and Dog Island.

Lots of houses on the island.

Sunset!

Sunrise!

Part of the flotilla.

Crab pot float split in half.