
Topped off fuel and water at Ft Myers. 

3-6 knot winds and smooth water when departing the bay. 
Turned North and winds held around 6-8 knots with 1-2’ seas. 
Late afternoon became 14 knot winds and 3-4’ seas on the nose. Tacked a few times until it got dark. Expecting winds to die down, we dropped sails and motored   Winds were 0 by midnight and the sea went flat. 

19th Monday 
Flat seas and 2-3 knot “winds”
Continued motoring 
Passed Tampa and started heading Westward.
Got something BIG on the fishing pole but the line eventually snapped because there was too much tension set on the line. 
25 miles West of Tampa we spotted a big pod of dolphins! Probably 20, so we came around and floated with them. Amy was all over the bow watching them!
Sunset- Still 3-4 knot winds with smooth water and gentle 1’ swells coming in from the South. Still on the motor. 


20th Tuesday 
1-2’ seas and 8-10 knot winds 
Beam Reaching (60 degrees Portside)
By 10am winds held steady at 12 knots and we turned 10 degrees into the wind. Boat speed increased to 7 knots (6 SOG)(14 knots AWS).

Nighttime winds increased to 14-15 knots with 2-3’ seas. Reefed the Genoa sail and still 6.5-7 knots of speed. Generally lost 0.5 to 1 knot to the Gulfstream current. 

21st Wednesday 
Before sun rise 
17-20 knots AWS (15 TWS). Seas - Big enough to be slamming the hull. Speed 6-7 knots. 
By 8:30 the wind dropped to 7-8 and from the direction we want to go:-( So we powered up the Iorn Sail. 

22nd Thursday 
Played Frogger getting through the Mississippi delta and turned Northwest to Grand Isle. Ran into big rain storm with water spouts. Turned out to be not too bad. Filled up with fuel and started West. Ran straight through large oil well fields and shrimp boats!
 Light winds (8-12) from the Southeast helped big time! Currents were a great help too. 
Got past the shoal areas of Louisiana and made a bee line to Galveston. 

23rd Friday 
1-2’ seas, 7 knot winds
Everything picked up in the afternoon! Made good time but arrived at the entrance well after dark! Wiggled through all the traffic, staying out of the way of the BIG boys! Sailed around the harbor to kill some time and came into the docks a little before sunup Saturday. 


Motoring Time
Sunday - 4 hours 
Monday - 24 hours.  +10 gal
Tuesday - 10 hours 
Wednesday - 15.5 hours +10 gal
Thursday - 9.5 hours 
Tank Fill
63 hours motoring used 50 gallons 

Thursday - 14.5 hours 
Friday - + 20 gal into tank

Gulf Crossing to Houston

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