After a long week working on the boat, we had the chance to shove off Saturday morning and sail most of the day before anchoring at Ft. McRee overnight. A dolphin swam along side of us and gave us a great show in the early part of the day. Last night another boater failed to secure their halyard away from their mast, so it flapped in the breeze clanging all night long, which caused for a unrestful sleep. So we started off slow this morning and made it back to the marina around 1:30pm. Overall we had a great time.
There was a group of sailboats rafted up, plus many others just anchored throughout.
My brother and a friend made it out for a bit on his 1978 Sea Ray. Didn’t get any close up shots of his boat.
Our son enjoyed himself playing in the sand.
Pogo just chilled the entire time.
Here is a shot of Monomoy sitting pretty with her hook out.
This poor fella ran aground near Pensacola NAS. They had their diesel running and jib out attempting to list the boat over and power enough to get out. I don’t know how they ended up getting free, but they were gone this morning.
March 8th, 2009
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It was a beautiful day for sailing today. I hope some or all of you had the opportunity to get out on the water at some point today. The Pensacola Bay was ruled by sailboats around 2pm; it was wonderful!
November 23rd, 2008
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What a beautiful weekend we had here in Pensacola.
We shoved off from the dock around 4:30pm on Friday and headed to Ft. McRee. The temp was great over Friday night.
We got up around 5am Saturday morning, fixed coffee and had breakfast, then went for a couple of hours sail before returning to Ft. McRee around noon.
Had lunch, then went swimming. The water was crystal clear, so I took the opportunity to scrub my prop and glance over the entire boat bottom. The color and clarity of the water reminded me of the Bahamas.
Around 2:30pm we were getting cleaned up from all the swimming and noticed Nightwatch prepping to drop the hook, so my son and I dinghy’d over to say “HI” after they settled in. After touring Nightwatch, which is an absolute beautiful vessel with obvious hard work put into her, we were invited back for 5pm cocktails. So my wife, son, and I headed back over for cocktail hour and really enjoyed ourselves chatting the evening away with Ralph and Mary.
As the sun set on Saturday, the three of us headed back to our own boat to cook some dinner and turn in for the night.
We woke around 5am Sunday morning, had coffee and breakfast, then headed on back home so we could visit with my mother for a while, since it was her birthday.
Carol commented how this was one of the best sailing weekends we’ve had in a long time. It was perfect all around.
Ralph and Mary, it was a pleasure to finally meet with you both in person.
September 28th, 2008
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