Wednesday - November 24, 2010

Lat 3023 62, long 086 20 02; fuel 170 gal; eng 571;59;

we got up and it was foggy again, so we waited until around 9 to get going when the fog had lifted in the harbour. Unfortunately it had not lifted outside the harbour and when we got out, it was like pea soup. We continued on at around 3.5 knts which is idle speed and used radar to find our way. At one point Brenda spotted a marker which I saw on radar but visually was right ahead of the boat. We stopped and adjusted our course and continued on. At times, I could only see about 8 feet ahead of the bow. We passed under a bridge and the fog disappeared, just like it was a barrier to the fog.

We continued on through East Bay and were overtaken by Corina another Canadian boat from Toronto. They were going further than we were so we bid them good bye but not before we both got into a little depth problem. Someone moved a market buoy such that it was over less than two feet of water. Both of us went around it as we should and found ourselves rubbing bottom. We both managed to get through the mud, but whoever moved the buoy should be shot because someone will get stuck. We tried to radio the Coast Guard but got no response. Maybe tomorrow, I will try again.

Saw some more dolphins jumping around the boat, but Brenda didn't.

We decided to go into Port St Joe for a couple of days while we wait out the weather
for the rip across the Gulf. When we arrived, our friends from Q's End were already there, so we had cocktail hour and dinner with them. Enjoyed some stories and caught up with the news.

Tomorrow, tow Canadian couples are going to celebrate US Thanksgiving with an American couple.