The first day, i must say, was an overwhelming success. I could not ask for a better start.
Once we finally got fuel, water, and all our last minute things done at the marina we pulled out of our slip at exacty 11am. We motor/sailed a little over 20 miles to get to hurricane pass and the south side of honeymoon island. If i would have take Ambers advice and stopped at anclote key we could have stopped in relatively clear water to scrub the hull and test out our new aqua lung dive masks and snorkels. When we anchored at honeymoon island the water was so cloudy you could only see a foot in front of your face. (Can't wait for the keys!)
Once we left from there we continued down looking for a suitable place to anchor. We had left the relatively shallow areas and we're forced to continue down until right off Indian Rocks beach where there is a small section of shallow water. This is good though because even with a late start and stopping to scrub the boat we got basically to where we planned to get to in the first day.
(We like to anchor in 14 feet of water or less. That gives us the safe anchoring scope of 7:1 with all of our line payed out.)
We traveled approximately 36 mile, getting roughly 10+ miles to the gallon. This is better fuel economy than expected but tomorrow we are going to sail more. I needed one day for testing the fuel and making sure the boat would ride well with the extra weight from supplies. Overall everything was better than predicted.
The best part was while we were anchored there, during a blazing orange sunset, I asked the love of my life, Amber Henry, to marry me. I could not think of a more appropriate place than on our boat, anchored offshore, headed out on the biggest adventure of our lives. I only hope the rest of the days of our trip don't dull too much in comparison to this one.
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