This blog will chronicle our (Pat and Patty Anderson's)
cruising adventures on the Great Loop!
DAY 217 - November 4, 2017
The run from Crystal River to Tarpon Springs was too long for us to make at our normal cruising speed in one day, so we decided to cut the distance in half, and stop at Bayport on the Wiki Wachee River. There is a boat ramp at Bayport, so we knew we would be able to get Baxter to shore. What we didn't know was what a delightful anchorage Bayport would turn out to be! The water here is as crystal clear as we expected the Crystal River to be. If there were manatees here, we would be able to see them!
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| Screenshot of Crystal River to Bayport track |
It was a 48 mile run that took us about seven hours. We anchored in about five feet at high tide just outside the channel, with about a two foot tidal swing, so we should be okay in the morning! There was a lot of boat traffic, but most of the boats did not speed up until they were well past us on their way out and slowed well before they turned into the channel to the ramp, so we did not take too many wakes!. The boat ramp is up a long channel off the river, so it was a bit of a paddle to take Baxter in! The boat ramp has a two wide ramps, a floating dock, and a wonderful park up at the top.
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| Bayport anchorage. There is no boat ramp where the boat ramp symbol is at the entrance to the channel. The boat ramp and park are at the far end of he the channel! |
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| Entrance to Bayport boat ramp |
We had a very quiet evening, and Patty made wonderful pot stickers with a soy - sesame oil dipping sauce. We do not do too badly for meals on board!
As it does every day, the sun set once again over the Gulf, which was really quite beautiful from the Wiki Wachee River!
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| Sunset from Bayport on the Wiki Wachee River |
Tomorrow we press on for Tarpon Springs!
Pat, you don't want to hurry back too soon. We have an early winter here, Snow, 2 out of the last 3 days, and it's near freezing all the time. BTW, are those sounding numbers in feet, meters or fathoms on your 48 mile run screen shot? hoping for fathoms, but thinking it is feet. Ouch, do they chart where the crab and conchs are so you don't run aground on them? Crazy shallow ;-{ Harvey/SleepyC
ReplyDeleteThe soundings are FEET and it IS crazy shallow here. We left at low tide, and the depth in the channel between the daymarks was two feet for four MILES. Crab pots outside the channel were mostly above water! You won't see any Rangers or Nordics in here!
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