Clearwater Beach,

Sunday April 2, 2017
27 59 03 N
82 49 25 W


Lazy morning, we were not underway until about 11 AM. (Good TV last night, we were up until about midnight.) We were only heading about 25 miles so there was no hurry. Of course it was still the weekend and there was a lot of boat traffic.

Even a pirate ship

A few little sand bank islands in the bay with nice beaches

The anchorage behind Clearwater Beach was a bit awkward to get to and a bit tight but the anchor was down by about 2 PM. We only let out the bare minimum of chain because of space issues, but the weather forecast was fine for the next 12 hours.

I had a go at scraping the dinghy before we launched her, but I could only get to one side and only got about 80% on that side. We dropped the dinghy and turned it around and re-hoisted her backwards, and that allowed me to get to about 60% of the other side. We are going to have to find a beach or a sand bank to do a decent job. She really needs some diaper rash cream on her bottom now.

Scraping the dinghy

We found a dinghy dock and walked into town and then to the beach. One of the busiest beaches I have seen for many moons. Enjoyed afternoon tea at "Frenchies" on the beach.