18 November 2010 anchored at 1530L in 22.4 ft at 32. 50’ .021N 88. 08’ .309W on the Tombigbee River.
We left this morning at 0635 under cloudy rainy conditions. Made to the Columbus lock at 0650L clearing the lock at 0702 steaming south for the Tom Bevill lock, we arrive at 1000L and clear at 1033L after a short wait for another boat. Once again we are steaming south. We are making 8.0 knot plus this is putting us ahead of schedule, so we revise our plan and head for the next lock. This lock is the Heflin lock. We make this lock and anchor on the other side in the Tombigbee ox bow. Another great day on the water, we cover 69.2 miles. We are doing well. And it’s great to be on the water. Despite the lack of Wi-Fi I prefer to be anchored out. This is way to do it. Although the other nights it was nice to have the heat since it was so darn cold, tonight is milder so that’s a plus. We are supposed to have clear skies and SUN, we hope LOL, that was the forecast for today but we had rain in the A.M. and clouds all day. So let us hope the weather guy is right for a change.
Tomorrow we will steam for Demopolis yacht basin. Here we will fuel and pick up some groceries that we need in preparation for the big push south to Mobile. There are not a lot of anchorages south of here and its long haul, we are going to push and try and do it two days, its Three days comfortable, but we can do it in two. It will take all the fuel we have to make it, but it’s possible. This can put us into Mobile on Monday or Tuesday. If we make Monday afternoon we could get the mast up before Thanks Giving and be doing some sailing. It will be great to get the Mast up and turn Surprise back into a sail boat.
Ok I think it’s time to close I will try to post this as text tonight, but not sure if my hot spot will work. Pics will follow on the next post.
Capt. Bear s/v Surprise
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