Wednesday morning Sara and Trevor left early for the Gulf of Mexico, where they intended to sail until reaching Venice, where they would come inside to the ICW. We would be on the ICW all day. Before we got into the channel we ran aground, not hard stuck, the current moved us off, but the depth finder read zero. Not a great start. Once we got going, though, it went pretty well. There were a lot of slow areas with no wake, or manatee areas. We had to have 2 bridges open for us and, while waiting for one to open, a runabout with a family aboard kept circling us and taking pictures. ???? What? Then they pointed to the back of our boat. Oh no, we’ve caught a crab pot. No, that wasn’t it. We
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