South From Panama City Florida to the Dry Tortugas

Do we have to go home :-(

Charlie and Pam — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:27:00 +0100

OK… our last leg of an awsome adventure!!! It is 29 degrees and blowing from the north. Charlie decided to let me sle...

Apalach to St. Joe

Charlie and Pam — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:17:00 +0100

We some provisions and fuel and are making our way to St. Joe today. Traveling north on the Apalach River north was a pleasant and easy t...

Apalach

Charlie and Pam — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:07:00 +0100

New years day! We arrived in Apalch and got a transient slip at Scipio Creek Marina. Had oysters and dinner at the Ow...

Carrabelle

Charlie and Pam — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:57:00 +0100

Arrived in the Carrabelle area behind Dog Island for anchorage. Wind was from the south, so we took lee north of Dog Island and settled i...

Crossing Gulf Northward

Charlie and Pam — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:47:00 +0100

We left Clearwater Marina this morning with a small weather window to cross the gulf between cold fronts. Our departure time coincided wi...

Clearwater

Charlie and Pam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:37:00 +0100

We are at the Clearwater Municipal Marina – slip 130 – and are docked right next to Nash on the Watercolor. He is our...

St Pete to Clearwater

Charlie and Pam — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:21:00 +0100

We motored up the ICW today. It is very windy – 30 knots from the NW –...

Leaving Bradenton

Charlie and Pam — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:17:00 +0100

We fueled up this morning at Twin Dolphin and headed north. We decided to find anchorage north of St. Pete in a cove near I-275. ...

Back at Twin Dlolphin Bradenton

Charlie and Pam — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:12:00 +0100

We arrived back at Twin Dolphin last night in time to have Christmas Dinner with Lyle and Micki at Mattison’s – Prime Rib and i...

Headed Back North

Charlie and Pam — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:39:00 +0100

After realizing we had spent too much time at various marinas and anchorages, we knew we would not make the Tortugas and decided to head back north...

Cheesburgers in Paradise

Charlie and Pam — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:22:00 +0100

We slept in a bit this morning, then planned our day to go to Cabbage Key and the Cabbage Key Inn for lunch. There was concern about our ...

Sarasota to Cabbage Key

Charlie and Pam — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:11:00 +0100

We pulled anchor bout 7am leaving with “Just Karen” south – Steve and Karen – on the

Heading South ow on the ICW. Weather didn’t allow gulf sailing, so we motored d...

Wind!

Charlie and Pam — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:13:00 +0100

We are still in Bradenton up the Manatee River. There was a cold front (required a pair of jeans and a tee shirt) that moved through with...

Dec. 17, 2009

Charlie and Pam — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:35:00 +0100

We are having a great time at the Twin Dolphins Marina – exploring the area, etc. There is a small craft advisory today with 7 ...

more from Pam

Charlie and Pam — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:57:00 +0100

What a difference a day, or two, makes!!!! Iam feeling so much better, hope I never get sea-sick agian!!! We are still in Bradenton at the TwinDolp...

Manatee River

Charlie and Pam — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:29:00 +0100

We are up the Manatee River as far as we can go. Nice to be sitting in some fresh water for a change! We had to lay at anchor i...

Day 6 Pam's thoughts

Charlie and Pam — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:29:00 +0100

OK, so I am STILL not feeling great – I have not been sea-sick in 21 years..till now!&...

Day 5 - Clearwater Beach

Charlie and Pam — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:50:00 +0100

We are at anchor at Clearwater Beach. We decided to come into protected waters due to inclement weather including dense fog, high seas, r...

Leaving Panama City Florida

Charlie and Pam — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:51:00 +0100

We are now leaving, Sunday Dec. 6 2009. 0650.

Sailing from PC to Charlotte Harbor straight across the Gulf. We have to ...

Strong Winter Storm

Charlie and Pam — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:11:00 +0100

We are watching the weather real close as our departure date nears. Strong storm winds are expected in the next day or two and we are hop...

10 Days Until Leaving

Charlie and Pam — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:01:00 +0100

This is really a test post. We will be leaving Panama City Florida on Dec. 5th headed for The Dry Tortugas.

Getting Started

Charlie and Pam — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:51:00 +0100

Just getting started here. We are Charlie and Pam and will be posting our journey blog here with pictures. If anyone ...