Saturday, January 28, 2012

Boca Ciega, FL Jan 20-22, 2012


We left Treasure Island early Friday morning for a nice long weekend on the hook to celebrate Andrew's Birthday. 


Sunset Friday night.

Saturday morning we went out on the dingy to do some fishing and take a close look at the sand bars. We saw lots of scallop shells.




Andrew decided to do some fishing from the sand bar and spotted a small sting ray. None of the fish we caught were keepers but we had a blast.










 We headed to shore for lunch and then headed across the street to St. Pete Beach to throw the Frisbee and football around.



Our first time being on the hook with the gold burgee.


Saturday night St. Pete Beach had a firework display and it was a great way to end the night.


Andrew and the kids coming back from a trip to the grocery store on Sunday. 


The boat ahead of us knew how to do a courtesy pass since he gave us one. However, he almost swamped two of the boats to their port side! Everyone aboard the pontoon boat were soaking wet after they got passed. Inexcusable etiquette! He was in a hurry to get to the bridge and wait for a bridge lift. We slowed down and made sure everyone got a courteous pass from us and were ok before we moved on.



We made it back to Treasure Island. 


Sabastian and Paisley made and decorated Andrew's birthday cake. The kids are really getting good at decorating.


Friday, January 13, 2012

Burgee Party









 Carl and Glenda from Gold Leaf, Ron and Jan from Adagio, Bonnie and Bob from B & B, and Angela, Nick, Nicholas and Eileen from Lady Enna all joined us in celebrating our completion of America's Great Loop.What an adventure we all had. It is hard to believe it has come to an end. We would like to thank everyone we met along the way. You helped make our journey special. Many thanks also goes out to those who enjoyed cruising portions the loop with us: Katie, Dennis, Dan, and John Fallon, Arianna Hughes, Chad, Karen, Jesse, Colin, and Zeke Hudson.


 Below is our map, every bedazzle marks a stop on our journey. The "X" marks our hometown of Richmond, VA.


What is next for the crew of Inconceivable?  We are going to call The Club at Treasure Island, Fl home for the next few months. The kids will be starting a  homeschooling Co-Op in the St Pete area. We also plan on doing small weekend cruises along the Gulf coast.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Clearwater to Bradenton to Clearwater


We headed out into a fog bank on New Years Eve to meet up with a flotilla of four other boats out in Boca Ciega Bay. We would be half way to Twin Dolphin Marina in Bradenton to complete our loop on New Years Day. We had six bridges to go under. Thankfully, we fit under all of the bridges! 











 Lady Enna( The Metro family) and Sea Mist( Rusty and Scott) were our anchor points, Inconceivable rafted up with Island Cat(The Swaim Family) and a Carver Voyager( Dan and Brian) rafted off of Sea Mist.  The Clark family was aboard Lady Enna as well. There were 10 kids present to ring in the New Year.  Kai and Luca Swain, Jacob, Jordan, Jackson, Julia Clark, Nicholas and Eileen Metro along with Sabastian and Paisley Fallon. 


Eileen pulling the horn at Midnight.


New Years Day. The weather forecast called for smooth water and a few fog banks.




Matt  took a few of the kids over to the Gulfport Beach for some fun. At 1:00pm our group dispersed and we set off for Twin Dolphin! A beautiful day to cruise the last leg of our Loop.






There were lots of boaters out enjoying the nice weather on New Years Day. 




Snead Island Boat Yard, where we inspected Inconceivable three years ago.


Twin Dolphin Marina! We crossed our wake. We met up with the Hackney Family aboard S/V Take Two( Jay and Tanya with Eli, Aaron, Sarah, Sam and Rachel). Most of the kids went for a dip in the pool and then we had a pizza party. Andrew was having some fun throwing the ball to Sabastian and Eli.



Our Loop trip was 6396 from Twin Dolphin Marina June 18 2009- Jan 1, 2012.






Jan 2, 2012 we head back to Clearwater, FL. The winds were gusting up to 28 knots. The waves were 1-2 feet at the mouth of the Tampa Bay. When we tucked up behind Mullet Key the waves calmed down to a    small chop. The windsurfers were out having fun between Mullet Key and Indian Key.














We reached Clearwater Beach as the sun was setting at 5:45pm. We were docked before the 35 knot winds kicked in an hour later.

Now that our Loop is over we are going to enjoy the greater Tampa area for the rest of the winter. We will post when we move again. Stay tune for our next adventure.