On the Eve of Crossing the Gulf

I took a little walk around the docks here today and found the Sheriff's Dept Boat.  I doubt anyone out runs this fellow!

I also found out that 7 boats that are doing the Loop are in the marina next to ours... they had a planning meeting tonight while we had “docktails”with the three boats here.. Most people just bring their own soda, water or wine/beer but tonight I decided I would contribute some cheese and crackers..... we were ready to leave for the Chart Room to meet folks when we discovered that the box of crackers we bought were individually packaged by two wafers each.  Wanting to look “home-made” Cathy grabbed the scissors and we quickly cut them open!

Tomorrow morning the final decision will be made....go or no-go, but it is looking very much like we will be cruising the Gulf by the afternoon. The Waves are not suppose to be high but they will be coming at the boat abeam. One boat has been here 11 days and is anxious to go... they are the ones that turned around Sunday when 4 boats left...I think being here a long time causes your ability to handle lumpy conditions in the Gulf to rise.

When we are in the Gulf we will have no cell phone or Internet and NOW I found out that we can't even make a “May-Day” call to the coast guard!! Okay, it's a good thing I didn't know that earlier to stew about it... we do have the Delorme tracker with a gizmo on it we can push and someone at Delorme is suppose to forward our emergency and our location to the coast guard... I sure wanted to talk to this person tonight!!!  You know, just to make sure there was such a person???

FYI...the tracker has been fixed so those following us on the Internet can get up Saturday morning and see just where we are in that BIG body of water. ….or Friday night for that matter.  If you are interested in the password for doing this just send us an email and we will try to get it back to you before we leave. 

There will be a blog tomorrow night because I have preset it to post then.  I wanted you to know this so when you read my “Sad Hair Saga” you will not wonder too much about why am talking about a bad hair day out in the middle of the Ocean.

We are excited that another friend, Karen Hoke, is also joining us tonight for the Gulf voyage. This means the Captain will have an all girl crew!!  Pray for him!

There is always a chance that the weather will worsen and we will not go....even just now the report is for higher waves......  

Good Night all.