[Pipe_Dream]

MJ I love your spirit of adventure! *Ain't life grand!
Back when my boat was a Company boat, my boss set out to make the crossing to a neighboring island when a thick fog set in. *He did something smart: when he was completely lost he cut the engine to listen. *He heard one of the ferries coming, so he decided to follow it to the island. *Pulled in behind her and followed, keeping the ferry in sight . . . only to end up back where he started, at home port. * ::) *He decided it wasn't a good day to go across, tied up and went home.

I wish I would have had the camera (in a waterproof bag). *Maybe I could have snatched a few quick photos through the windshield of the rain and fog, but I was pretty busy as it was. *

Sunday was SO beautiful, by contrast. *Blue skies, puffy white clouds, nice breeze . . . we went out for several hours, got some shrimp, too them home and cooked 'em up. *And the cuddy got to dry out, too! ;) *A great day on the water! *But I must still have some slime or other kind of bottom growth I couldn't get to, because I topped out at 42 mph which is significantly less than when we first launched after re-powering. *I'm going to have to completely beach her next weekend and see what's what.

Thanks for all your comments, everybody! *BTW, several guys at the marina are jealous -- it seems they can't get t-shirts for their boats like we have ;D! *