After the run across the Florida panhandle and the Crossing, it was great to spend a week at a newer marina with concrete floating docks and some time to explore. Our home for a week at Clearwater Harbor Marina A big surprise was when a bunch of our St croix yacht club friends were in … Continue reading Clearwater hang time
If you want to get a sense for what it was like heading out on the gulf for a 176 mile open water trip, here are a few casual video clips we recorded to remember the experience, mostly chronological. https://videopress.com/v/KOjYOQ0q?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata A cup of hot coffee and off we go at 6am. 6am departure in the … Continue reading Video from our gulf crossing
This is made out to be a big deal, and it is a pretty big deal. It's just a corner of the Gulf of Mexico, but typically it takes about 20 hours to get a cross this path so most loopers leave in the afternoon, travel all night in the dark, and arrive the next … Continue reading Rough Gulf Crossing
So we got a great side tie at Treasure Island Marina in Panama City, Florida. Not easy to find anywhere to tie up for the night but this worked out. Turns out this was only a few blocks from the Gulf so for the first time, finally, we had our feet in the white sands … Continue reading Depth finder says 1.5 ft
Mobile Bay was not happy when we crossed with our friends on Side Piece. Following seas from a north wind, with spray, but we made it ok. First time to see salt on everything. First time on the ICW and first dolphins. We landed at The Wharf marina and for the first time we were … Continue reading On the ICW towards Florida
Yesterday was a big, momentous, fun day. We awoke in a peaceful, wooded anchorage with other loopers on the Tenn-Tom, and by mid-afternoon, we entered Mobile Bay and salt water. We passed mile 0 and have officially completed our mid-USA 1,600 mile river run from St. Paul down to the Gulf of Mexico. The past … Continue reading The River Ends
Reimanns 'round the loop in 2022 