Still staying in Clearwater Beach, FL!

We were going to cross to Carrabelle, FL yesterday but when we went out into the gulf the waves were 3 to 4 ft. and I could not keep the boat up on plane going fast without overheating my port engine. We needed to go fast all day to make the 150 mile crossing during daylight hours, so we came back in.

Then we had an excellent opportunity to cross that night with only 2 ft waves all across the gulf. You can run fast or slow all night and arrive the next morning, which is the way most boats cross. However, when we talked about the weather up in the Florida panhandle, where we were going, it was going to be awful... just severe thunderstorms for 4 straight days, so we'd be stuck there instead of here, and on the boat in severe thunderstorms instead of beautiful Clearwater Beach. So we stayed.

If we get a chance to cross in the next week, we will, but if not, we may leave the boat here until May. We haven't decided yet. Oh, well.... that's boating!