We awoke to a very windy, cool morning. We were hoping to leave Clearwater Beach and head a bit south. Since we had less than 25 miles planned, we decided to hold off and see if the weather improved as the day went on. Luckily the weather did improve. The wind died down and the sun came out and it was quite pleasant. We departed just after 1:00pm and Once Around followed us out.
Today’s travel was mainly in rather narrow bays (Clearwater Harbor and Boca Ciega Bay) and one river-like section called “the Narrows”. The bays have lots of canals carved along the edges. These canals allow for many, many more homes to have water access.
We stopped at Maximo Marina for the night. This is an extremely well protected marina at the end of a ¾ mile long entrance channel – as a result there is very little wind or wave action. The marina is mostly covered slips and they have gated access to their site. As a result this is a good place to leave your boat for a few weeks if you are traveling home for the holidays.
Miles: 22.9 Bridges: 6 Locks: 0
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the canals on Boca Ciega Bay (a picture from the Navionics app
on the iPad 2) |
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| Clearwater Beach (from the Intercoastal) |
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| homes along Clearwater Harbor |
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| more homes along Clearwater Harbor |
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