- 4.2 miles
- 42 minutes
- 6.0 mph average speed
- 5-9 mph winds
This will likely be our shortest travel day of the entire Loop. We had to backtrack 4 miles because the weather predictions were for strong thunderstorms so we had decided not to travel today as planned but the marina needed our slip for another boat so we moved to another marina 4 miles south. Of course, it was a beautiful but overcast day with no rain in site and the water was as calm as a lake! Better safe than sorry though!
We were fueling up at the new marina when a boat about 60′ went under the nearby bridge at top speed. We, along with all of the other boats docked, got waked pretty bad as Kevin was refueling but no one sustained any damage. It’s hard to imagine anyone, let alone someone with such a nice boat, would speed by a marina and fuel dock. The dock master was able to radio ahead to the next bridge so that someone could get the name and home port of the vessel and she will be filing a complaint.
A fellow Looper came by to talk with us once we were docked. He had completed the Loop, solo, last year. He had just purchased another boat, a beautiful Defever, and will be heading up to Canada the end of May. He had a car at the marina and offered to take us to the store if we needed anything.
We walked to a wonderful Mexican restaurant, Agave, for dinner and had ONE margarita!
