The Mobius and my shadow after the first morning aboard.
Cliff Notes:
Arrived in Clearwater, Fl yesterday afternoon. Met Stan, the owner of The Mobius. Plan to leave around Thursday. Final destination is Guatemala with many stops in between. Follow along on my Spot Tracker link to the right.
Full Version:
Arrived in Clearwater, Fl yesterday afternoon by Greyhound Bus from Miami. Hopefully that is the last bus trip I have to take for a while. Right now, I'm sitting below deck on The Mobius at the Clearwater Municipal Marina with the owner Stan. He is a retired architect from Canada. He has a great site for his boat and travels as well. It can be found here, The Mobius, and the link is also on the column to the right.
The Mobius is a 30 ft Baba cutter rigged sailboat with a canoe stern. Seems a bit short but is actually built well to handle the open ocean and I can't wait to get her going and see what she can do. Stan's final destination is the Rio Dulce in Guatemala. A lot of sailboats use this river as a safe haven during hurricane season. I wouldn't mind ending up there for a while either. We plan to leave on Thursday, May 26th. Still taking care of a few customs issues here in Florida since we plan to stop at Isla Mujeres off the Yucatan Coast. Will probably spend some in Belize as well if anyone wants to take a vacation there in June. Lobster Fest will be going on.
While we are out sailing, I won't have any internet access but have a Spot Tracker and set up a link on the right to see where we are.
Also, I have all the pictures from Miami uploaded if you want to check those out.
It was nice to finally spend the night on a boat knowing I have a good starting point. I was getting a little worried that my life decision was the wrong one and I was going to end up in Miami working as a bartender in some swank beach resort marrying a Columbian go-go dancer....actually I may go back to Miami sooner than later;)
However, the first night on the boat was nice and relaxing. As the boat gently rolled me to sleep last night, I was accompanied by a continuous crackling sound that seemed as if something was eating at the outside of the boat. I have since been informed that this is from the barnacles on the dock feeding at night and their sound resonates through the water quite well. Just glad to know we weren't sinking.
Today still getting settled in and checking out the town.
And please don't get too excited, but there was a Hulk Hogan sighting earlier.
I'll send one more post before we ship out.
Cheers,
JB
