25⁰29’47” N – 081⁰31’05” W
We made our turn to the north today, towards Fort Myers, “Somedayers”. We started out before the sun came up, and were treated to a magnificent sunrise. We had been planning to go down to Key West today, but the weather is predicted to get lousy and we didn’t want to get stuck down there. I know what you’re thinking “Somedayers”. If you have to get stuck somewhere, Key West is the place, right? Well, we agree with you to a degree, but we are on a time constraint. So, we cut through the Keys at Marathon, we went right under highway 1 and the Florida Keys causeway, and headed into the Gulf of Mexico. It was kind of creepy though, there was no wind at all and the sea was dead calm, I mean DEAD CALM!!! There was barely a ripple for about three hours. I took a lot of pictures so you can see what I mean. It was so calm… (HOW CALM WAS IT?) It was so calm that we had a hard time even seeing where the horizon was. The sea and the sky blended into one color. It was quite a sight. The wind did eventually pick up a bit when some clouds formed on the horizon. They say that every cloud has a silver lining. We must be doing something right “Somedayers” because, as you will see in today’s pics, our clouds have gold linings. Our final destination draws closer by the minute, and until we get there, we’re still Banana Winds standing by on 16… Clear.
Update 11/03/2009 1958hrs
25⁰35’27” N – 081⁰35’25” W
We must be really close to our destination, because… WE JUST RAN OUT OF FUEL!!!!!!!!! In our port tank. So we switched over to our starboard tank, which is full, and re-primed the injector pump and restarted the motor. It really gets your attention when the engine just stops in the middle of the ocean and the Captain lets loose with a string of profanity that could melt the ears off a nun. But, all is well… now. Banana Winds standing, by with paddles at the ready, on 16… Clear.