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1987 Hunter Legend 37.5

June 10, 2010

Still out sailing…

We left Ft. McRee Thursday around noon when oil cleanup traffic became noticeably increased. Oil skimmers were in the Pensacola Land Cut, which is already narrow, so it was difficult to pass. We were under sail while approaching, so I furled in the jib a bit and fired up the diesel to maintain better control till we were passed all of the boats.

skimmers

keeldover

boat

After that, we had a fantastic sail!

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Crew-boat heading out to the Gulf.

crew boat

Blake having a good time.

blake

Pogo was pooped out.

pogo

Once we arrived to our destination of the night (Quietwater), we noted the main halyard had slapped around a spreader and caught around the steaming light. Ben tried to shake it loose, but it wasn’t happening, so Carol went up in the bosun’s chair.

carol

That evening we watched a beautiful sunset with two swans swimming in the foreground.

swans

Keeldover joined us at the anchorage.

keeldover

As did Another Chance.

another chance

Friday is supposed to be another beautiful day!

June 11th, 2010 Posted by Captain | Extended Cruise | no comments

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