kelbylinn
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2007
- Messages
- 156
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Coconuts
- Vessel Make
- 1996 49' Krogen Express
We left Dauphin Island, AL (our home port) on 11/02/14. Worked our way over to Carabelle, FL and anchored off of Dog Island. On Monday at 10:00 AM (11-10-14) we headed south into the Gulf with Anclote Key plugged in as our destination point. The winds were on our Stern out of the North and the waves were running around 3' or so for the first half of the trip, then increasing to 3' to 4' during the night. 80% full moon popped up out of the eastern water to get us through the night with some limited vision.
We were running with another Trawler, a Nova Scotia named Barb-B and the company was good to have through out the early morning hours. We arrived near our destination of Tarpon Springs at about 7AM but headed further south in order to return back into the higher waves, some now in the 5' range as we were in shallower water. Crab Trabs everywhere once we hit around 35' of water depth which made for an interesting trip into the entrance channel for Anclote Keys.
We stayed at Turtle Cove Marina right on the Sponge docks for a couple of days and had a true blast there talking with the locals and enjoying their hospitality. Water was shallow though getting into marina and had to lay out for an hour or two for an incoming tide.
Then on to Pass - a - grille beach for an anchorage behind the Don Cesar Hotel, then on down across Tampa Bay paralleling the famous skyway bridge down to the Manatee River which we took into downtown Bradenton to the Twin Dolphin Marina. Took a month rate there and rented a car to go back to Dauphin Island for the Thanksgiving Holiday week and to check up on work. All was well, and we arrived back at the boat on 12-03-14 and will be leaving out tomorrow to leisurely pick our way south down to the keys. Sarasota tomorrow, Venice the next day or so, etc. You can follow "Free At Last" on http://share.delorme.com/kelbylinn . You can also follow us on our blog at https://hemingway845.wordpress.com/ although I haven't been as good on photos etc as I should be.
We are meeting great people on land, and on the water as there are so many other loopers in this area this time of year. I'll occasionally do a catch up post here if anyone is interested is this segment of our trip.
Happy Holidays to all.
Kelby & Robin
Free At Last
1981 42' Grand Banks Classic
Dauphin Island, AL
We were running with another Trawler, a Nova Scotia named Barb-B and the company was good to have through out the early morning hours. We arrived near our destination of Tarpon Springs at about 7AM but headed further south in order to return back into the higher waves, some now in the 5' range as we were in shallower water. Crab Trabs everywhere once we hit around 35' of water depth which made for an interesting trip into the entrance channel for Anclote Keys.
We stayed at Turtle Cove Marina right on the Sponge docks for a couple of days and had a true blast there talking with the locals and enjoying their hospitality. Water was shallow though getting into marina and had to lay out for an hour or two for an incoming tide.
Then on to Pass - a - grille beach for an anchorage behind the Don Cesar Hotel, then on down across Tampa Bay paralleling the famous skyway bridge down to the Manatee River which we took into downtown Bradenton to the Twin Dolphin Marina. Took a month rate there and rented a car to go back to Dauphin Island for the Thanksgiving Holiday week and to check up on work. All was well, and we arrived back at the boat on 12-03-14 and will be leaving out tomorrow to leisurely pick our way south down to the keys. Sarasota tomorrow, Venice the next day or so, etc. You can follow "Free At Last" on http://share.delorme.com/kelbylinn . You can also follow us on our blog at https://hemingway845.wordpress.com/ although I haven't been as good on photos etc as I should be.
We are meeting great people on land, and on the water as there are so many other loopers in this area this time of year. I'll occasionally do a catch up post here if anyone is interested is this segment of our trip.
Happy Holidays to all.
Kelby & Robin
Free At Last
1981 42' Grand Banks Classic
Dauphin Island, AL
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