Another great day aboard Checked Out. We departed out of Thunderbolt, GA this morning just before 7:00am. We went down the Wilmington River as it was a shorter route for us to take to get offshore. We turned at the mouth of the river and set one waypoint 136 miles away for St Augustine with an ETA of 3:00pm (7 hours). It was bit bumpy to start with seas about 3 to 4 feet and wind out of the west at 15kts. The winds calmed to 10kts by mid-morning which smoothed out the ride. By noon seas were much more pleasant about 2 feet for the rest of the day. We took some spray over the top of the boat early, but none after about 11:00am. The boat still needed a complete wash down when we got in.
Boat is running great. I changed out the starboard Racor this morning as a precaution since the port Racor was clogged yesterday. No fuel issues today. The forecast for tomorrow is near perfect. We are expected to have winds out of the NW at 5 to 10kts and seas 2 feet or less. It is about as good as a forecast as we could hope for. If that holds true tomorrow, we will try and run about 220 mile all the way down to Stuart, FL. That will put us in great position to finish our trip to Ft Myers on Monday.
Just a few pictures.
Dave and me washing the boat in Thunderbolt
A good wash down was needed.
Coming into Conch House Marina tonight in St Augustine, FL
Lighthouse in St Augustine
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