Bon Voyage, Ingelside, Texas

Port Aransas, United States

We are off!!!!! With mechanical delays all fixed, we left the dock at 7:55 PM, ran aground at 8:00 Pm, opened the bar and gave it another go! My Bon Voyage pictures are lost somewhere in this computer, if I find them I will post them. Winds are ESE (East Southeast) at 22 mph. Latitude (LAT) 27 49, Longitude (Long) 97 13. We are motoring up the channel at 5.5 knots (1.2 statute Miles = 1 nautical mile), as we are traveling into the wind. My father-in-law Jim Haley is traveling to Galveston with us. He lived with my mother-in-law on their Morgan 38 "Afterglow" for 10 years and is a tremendous help! We arrived at San Antonio Bay at 10:00PM, LAT 27 51 Long 97 03. Winds are 13mph and we are anchored in 15' of water. We are near the Aransas Pass Light House (owned by HEB).

Yeah Clark and Michelle: We wish you a terrific trip and look forward to following along via computer. Take a splash for us. Treedy and Ricardo

written by Ricardo and Treedy Chapa on June 28, 2009

Since running aground is ALWAYS blamed on the captain, I thought I should put up a defense on the grounding immediately on take-off last night...Our channel is REALLY shallow and we almost always rub the bottom when we're entering or exiting the channel...on the hand, if I'd had a drink in my hand when we left the dock, I would have been better able to concentrate. Michelle!!

written by Cap'n Clark on June 28, 2009

Have to agree with my uncle tha cap'n, he should always have a toddy in hand. Bring back the days of Boozn', cruisn' and snoozn'. You hava pro on board to lead you in the right direction. Who knows, you might just get the next award. Love yall!

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mtaylor1029 on June 28, 2009

Deep down you just didn't want to leave! Hope you have a great trip, and we can't wait to hear the stories and see the pictures!

written by Will on June 28, 2009

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