Leaving Vinoy in Clearwater

We left the Vinoy basin mooring field on the 31st of January, heading south. We went back down Tampa Bay and under the Sunshine Bridge. The ship under the bridge in the picture below is a huge, sorry yuuuge tanker.

We decided to work on our anchoring skills since the weather looked pretty mild. We hung a left after the bridge for the mouth of the Manatee River, across for Desoto Point. This is supposed to be the place where Desoto first set foot on Florida in 1539.

It was a quiet night and we didn't drag at all. In the morning we headed out into the gulf and turned south toward Sarasota. It's quiet... too quiet...

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