We headed out from Biloxi Point Cadet Marina at 6 AM (first light) with clear skies and a light breeze. The weather stations were calling for light winds and waves 1 to 2. The problem was the wind was on our stern pushing us around which makes it not so pleasant. We call it surfing the waves! At one point we really started surfing and I though to myself, "five hours of this? Teak and I will both be sick". Thank goodness it settled down some but not like yesterday. It never became calm enough to walk around on the boat until noon when we got out of the sound. Josh's arms got a workout in between using the auto pilot. Our auto pilot really does not like large waves pushing us around on the stern, it just can't get it's act together so Josh has to take over. I should be thankful, it could have been a lot worse!
Bye Bye Biloxi
Sunrise
On the Road Again!
Light chop
Looks like a shrimper sunk
Coming into New Orleans
Downtown New Orleans
We were trying to get to Seabrook Harbor Marina before 4 PM (closing) so we could fuel up before going to our slip. It also would give us a preview as to what slip we were assigned and to prepare for docking. Just our luck - a train was on the bridge! After the train moved back and forth several times we were finally able to get through the bridge at 3:30 PM and made it to the fuel dock at 3:45 PM.
While getting fuel, we noticed that Pontchartrain Landing had several slips open. We are not sure what is going on. Before Thanksgiving when we were going to start heading back, they told us that they had no slips available so we decided to drive home and try again after the holiday. We called them again when we got back to the boat and was told they did have a slip, so off we went! When we called to confirm our arrival date we were told they did not have any open slips and they did not know who told us they had. Very disappointing! We could always rely on this place to stop when traveling through this area.
Safely tucked away in our slip at Seabrook Harbor Marina. It took us several tries to get in this slip because there is a strong current running through this part of the Industrial Canal. Josh had to get the feel of how the boat was going to handle with the current and on our fourth try, VOILA! We didn't even bump the poles and I lasso'ed our midships line to the dock cleat and with help from the thrusters we docked. Hope we can get out with no problems!
We will stay at Seabrook Harbor Marina until Sunday when we will leave to do the locks and make it to Houma.
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