Good day today….. we did weather a storm but we saw it coming and anchored up in a protected cove for 2 hours while it passed. We all slept listening to the rain on the boat.. hoping the lightning didn’t take out our electronics. I actually unplugged a lot of my navigation tools so I’d have that if we got hit. Florida is the lightning capital of the United States. Many of our friends have replaced electronics several times from lightning striking here in Florida due to that 50′ aluminum lightning rod we hang sails off of.
44 miles is all we made today from Clearwater to Longboat Key, but given the storm and bascule bridges we had a good day. This was our daily target and we made it… a little later than expected but here we are! We docked at Moore’s Stone Crab Restaurant like we always do coming down this way. Unfortunately it’s closed….. but the docks are still here. The owner came out and welcomed us to stay tied up at his dock, said his place will be rebuilt and reopened so don’t stop coming by.
Tonight I’m having a world famous Jono Chili Dog. It’s here on the table, he just brought it out and it’s hot so I’m off….
Sea Yawl Later!! Rusty