Honeys... I'm Home...

[Deep C]

Ponce inlet can make your butt pucker. Getting out of the marina you brush the dust off the sides of your bottom then stare into a seething caldron of white as the slop busts across the rock pile and right across the channel... That or 16 hours in the ditch and a late night dark arrival...
Took the bumpy option. This time the weather man was on the light side of what was... Solid 20+ from the north east had worked up 5-7 slop and was standing it taller every inch of the way. Canaveral is a pain in the ass... They run you long around it and with the shoal situation often we found our selves in full blown roller breakers even thoughwe had twenty feet or more of depth...
We just slammed our way south with slop on all sides. 5-7 became 6-8 with an occasional "oh shit" mixed in... We often went full minutes unable to see because of the spray. Litterally the whole ride was spent in the middle of it.
Off Stuart the weeds were solid. I could only envision a hidden board or plastic bag ruining my day. I did hear a guy who found a rope in it the hard way and crippled a wheel.
Though I was hugging tight, just above Jupiter the gulf stream had worked all the way to the beach and really built an ugly ugly sea. I heard a charter guy call it quits after filling his cockpit with a nasty one. About thats same time I saw what looked like one of the alps in front of me... Wow was that hideous! 14' or better. I missed it though...
What a thrill when I slipped between the break waters and pulled the sticks back... Made our way to our new slip. The shore power box had been burnt up but being modular and a competent dock owner near by it was replaced by the time I got through my engine room check....
Most excited about getting away from ditch grub and having some of Mrs Deeps chocolate chip cookies and some real food...

[giantfan]

Congrats on your safe trip.

What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.

[gradywhite273]

and im sure every blowboater and trawler guy is happy you are there too. glad you are home safe deep.

[Deep C]

Damn right Timmy... I was starting to enjoy watching them spilling their margaritas all over themselves when I blew by...

[Robja]

Deep,

Glad you got there safely.

[floridadeckie]

glad you made it back safe. I agree with you, the ponce marina is great for buffing the wheels, but real bad in the butt pucker factor. and you're right, that boundary around canaveral and the shoal can make for unexpectedly short period seas and interesting squall weather.

[MV_Mojo]

Man...makes me glad I have a full displacement boat..may be slow...but the rides' great!

Mojo

[gottaflylee]

Deep, glad you made it back safely. Was nice meeting you and Collin at the W.C. the other day...

[Deep C]

Man...makes me glad I have a full displacement boat..may be slow...but the rides' great!

Mojo

Our boat rides absolutely great ... Just throws a load of spray when its big out there... We only had one wave in 1200 miles I can say we pounded from... The roll was nothing for the whole trip and only that one wave did we get more than a third of the boat out pf the water...
Going to start researching an after market spray rail today...

[Agitated88]

Glad you trip was mechanically un-eventful...I'm sure Momma and Mini are glad to have you back as well.