Day 45: Cedar Key to Tarpon Springs, FL

We departed from Cedar Key at 7:15 am eastern, slow run through the channel, stopped to calibrate autopilot and a little fishing. The flat water made a comfortable ride.

Arrived at Tarpon Springs channel at 12:15pm EDT. We gave boat tours to all of the loop fans at the marina. Michael James and his son Henry (6) joined the crew, we are now four aboard. We get to tryout all of the bunk beds tonight! Enjoyed wonderful broiled octopus at Hellas and bought sponges, including one for holding the binoculars on the boat's dashboard.

We anchored for the night south of Tarpon Springs on the north end of Three Rooker Bar, a narrow C-shaped island between Honeymoon Island and Anclote Key. In our 8 hours run, we burnt 53 gallons of fuel averaging at 6.63 gal/hr. Now 378 hours on the Cummins engine.

Wine selection - E Guigal, Cotes du Rhone, white 

Best: broiled octopus

Worst: getting rather warm