Date: Dec 5, 2019
Arrival Time: 1500
Location: NOLA
Weather: Perfect
50 - 65
Sea State: ICW
Destination: Tomorrow, Long shot for Cat Island,
Mississippi Sound
Engine Hours: 1266
Crew: Art
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| When you wish upon a star. |
Comments: Today was
a long day in which we might have covered 25 miles. We pulled up both anchors and left Lafitte at
630. There was a slight fog but we
enjoyed a beautiful, cool, smooth cruise through the Barataria Waterway
that people pay guides to experience.
There are cabins on both sides with nice boats docked. There was little traffic almost to the point
of being eerie. Eventually, the cabins
turned into industry and work was all around.
We waited for countless bridges and one tug boat in the middle of the
channel. We made two locks. The Harvey lock was a much better experience
than I had in 2012, but the Industrial Canal lock delayed us over 2 hours. Between the two locks is the Mighty
Mississippi. We traveled down the river aided
by a four knot flow.
My words cannot do justice about today so I’ll repeat
what I said after the experience in 2012.
Basically, it’s ok if I don’t get to make that part of the journey
again. We arrived at the Seabrook
Marina, just a couple miles from where I bought Pura Vida in 2012, at about
1500. We took on 14.6 gallons of diesel,
2.6 gallons of gasoline, topped off our water tanks, washed cloths and took the
longest hot shower this decade. It’s
nice to not have to take a quick boat shower occasionally.
Tomorrow we’re heading east into the Mississippi sound. Hopefully we’ll get to fly our sails alongside Old
Glory and the PAYC burgee.
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