This bird stayed with me for a day and a half offshore crossing to Apolacheecola

Comment by Scott Williams on April 30, 2012 at 6:03am

That's a great passage time if you made Apalachicola from Punta Gorda in just a day and a half.  It took me that long just from Anclote Key to Apalachicola on my monohull.

Comment by Greg Russell on April 30, 2012 at 8:52am

Actually on looking back I had anchored for the night in Placida Harbor by Bird key the south end of Little Gasparilla island. On that crossing I sailed most of the day then during the night motored as it was dead calm next morning still had 90 miles to go. The second day I was motoring and sailing as conditions changed it was 41 hours.

I have done the crossing to Clearwater Pass twice 27 & 25 hours, Hurricane pass twice 27 & 34 hours and Longboat pass at the south end of Anna Marie Island 29 hours 

Comment by Scott Williams on April 30, 2012 at 10:09am

Looking forward to doing those same crossings on my Tiki 26 soon.  Are you sailing down to Islamorada for the rendezvous this time?

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