Rough sailing day.

Charlie and I rolled out of Matagorda Marina at 0645 this morning. It was cold, cold and more cold. I had on long handles, heavy sweater, mitten cap and my heavy red jacket with gloves. Even with all this on I was still cold.

The ditch was smooth but I can't say the same thing for Matagorda Bay. The further we got into the bay the choppier it got. In fact it was down right rough. Winds gusting over 24mph. At one point Charlie had the port rail right down to the water. Somewhere during our crossing we hit 9.1 mph. We ended up averaging 5.1 for the whole delivery from Clearlake to Port Lavaca. A total of 167 miles. Best I can figure we use 8 gallons of fuel. Used a little more oil that I thought we should. I knew she was in a bad need of an oil change so we'll see if it makes a difference.


Charlies camera only got one photo before it died. We ended up healing a 35 degrees.