Departed Marco Island to a most gorgeous sunrise. Seas 1 foot with wind out of the southeast. We had a great ride up to Clearwater today. Saw some dolphins and a few other boats.
Arrived in Clearwater around 1:45pm after 165 miles. Fueled up and got ourselves tied up in the slip by 2:30pm. After a quick washing down, we decided to do some more maintenance. The boat has no electronics of any kind to speak of, including a working VHF radio. Due to the distance and nature of the Gulf crossing tomorrow, we will be about 80 miles from the nearest land. My handheld VHF radio will not be sufficient to transmit that kind of distance, so we went ahead and installed a new VHF radio for the owner today. As you can see from the pictures below, the radio is nothing fancy, but it works perfectly and we will sleep much better knowing if we need help, someone will be able to hear us.
We are hoping for good weather tomorrow for the crossing. Jubilee continues to run very well for us!
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