|
Day |
Time |
Notes |
Pictures |
| 1 |
07:50 |
We Left Key Allegro Marina on
course for fuel top off in Port Aransas |
Leaving
Key Allegro as family members and the Richey (owner) wave.
Filling
the barrel at Fisherman's Wharf.
Just
after we lost the Blue Marlin, 1st day.
06:55
the 3rd morning.
07:45
the 3rd morning Bret Starts diet, admits he as a problem "The 1st Step"
12:19
the 4th day riding a norther into Isla.
12:54
the 4th day approaching the Light house at Contoy.
13:45
the 4th day entering the marina at Isla Mujeres, Mexico. |
| 1 |
08:40 |
Topping off fuel and filling
Barrels in Port Aransas |
| 1 |
09:05 |
Left Port Aransas on course
for Isla Mujeres burning 4.9 GPH with roughly 800 gals. on board. |
| 1 |
10:00 |
Danny Took the first watch.
4 miles from the Port Aransas jetties. Very rough |
| 1 |
13:00 |
Bret took the 2nd watch, still
very rough. |
| 1 |
16:00 |
Scott took the 3rd watch,
still very rough. |
| 1 |
17:30 |
Put a Rod out with a Texas
Turd on t over the Dumping grounds off Port Aransas, in 60 seconds we
had a small Blue Marlin take. Lost the fish a few minutes later
when a Wahoo cut the leader. |
| 1 |
19:50 |
Danny took the 4th watch,
still rough. |
| 1 |
23:00 |
Bret took the 5th watch, still
rough. |
| 2 |
01:20 |
Scott took the 6th watch,
still rough. |
| 2 |
04:30 |
Danny took the 7th watch,
rough. 139 NM from Port Aransas, 779 NM to go. |
| 2 |
07:00 |
Bret took on the 8th watch of
the trip. |
| 2 |
10:00 |
Scott took the 9th watch, the
water settling down now. |
| 2 |
13:45 |
Danny took on the 10th watch,
seas are nice and getting nicer. 198 NM from Port Aransas, 518 NM
remaining. |
| 2 |
14:45 |
Bumped the speed up to 18
knots burning just under 30 GPH. |
| 2 |
15:07 |
Back down to 8 knots. |
| 2 |
16:00 |
Bret takes on the 11th watch.
The weather is very nice, seas 2'. |
| 2 |
19:00 |
Scott takes on the 12th watch.
Seas 1'. |
| 2 |
22:00 |
Danny takes on the 13th watch.
Seas 1', hardly a ripple on the water. |
| 3 |
01:00 |
Bret takes on the 14th watch.
Seas 1', nice! |
| 3 |
04:00 |
Scott take over 15th watch.
Great Weather. 289 NM from Port Aransas, 431 NM to go. |
| 3 |
07:30 |
Danny takes on 16th watch. |
| 3 |
07:45 |
We transferred approximately
250 gals from the fuel barrels into the main tank. We have burned
approximately 390 gals of fuel. |
| 3 |
09:00 |
Found water leak in a galley
storage compartment, cleaned it up. The leak came from a stopped
drain hose on an A/C. |
| 3 |
10:00 |
Underway with Danny and Bret
at the wheel. |
| 3 |
13:00 |
Scott at the wheel, great weather! 502 from Port Aransas |
| 3 |
16:00 |
Danny Cooking Pork Chops, good stuff! |
| 3 |
16:20 |
Bret locks himself the shower, found him 10 minutes later sweating and
yelling for help. I couldn't fid him because I was not able to see
through the fogged up shower door. True Story! |
| 3 |
16:45 |
Danny at the helm! Full stomach. |
| 3 |
19:00 |
Bret at the wheel. Beautiful weather. |
| 3 |
22:00 |
Scott at the controls. 562 from port Aransas, 158 NM from Isla Mujeres,
Mexico. |
| 3 |
22:30 |
dolphin came up to play at the side of the boat. |
| 4 |
01:30 |
Danny came on shift. Great weather! |
| 4 |
04:00 |
Bret took over the shift. Still beautiful weather. |
| 4 |
05:50 |
Bret had a problem with the Autopilot. We went through the Caribbean
current and wouldn't stay on track. |
| 4 |
06:00 |
Storm coming, the frontal line from the norther. Parlay to discuss fuel
situation. |
| 4 |
06:15 |
We
picked up speed to 1950, 605 NM from Port Aransas and 115 NM from
Isla Mujeres. |
| 4 |
07:00 |
Started fuel transfer from front tank to the main fuel tank. |
| 4 |
07:10 |
Fuel sending units not functioning properly. |
| 4 |
07:50 |
Transfer complete. 102 NM from Isla Mujeres. |
| 4 |
08:00 |
Seas have built quickly to 6', north wind. |
| 4 |
08:30 |
Seas have built quickly to 6' to 8', north wind. |
| 4 |
09:00 |
Checking fuel every 30 minutes. |
| 4 |
14:30 |
Arriving at the marina in Isla
Mujeres, Mexico. |
    
Rigging baits
Salon
Doorway
El Bano
Crew |
