[quote=skarr1]The rest of the story,
After lunch we ran the Coast Guard blockade and went to the beach in the pass.
Photo from a different trip.
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We were going to pull up by the rocks, but there was a large church group holding a mass baptism. We decided to sail across the pass to Shell Island. On the way over I saw that it would only be two tacks to be in the Gulf and play in the large waves out there. A pilot boat came up to us and used his PA "some thing the Coast Guard could use" to inform us that a large freighter was coming in. We had one more tack to clear the channel. When we made that last tack the freighter captain, still about 1/2 mile away showed his displeasure by giving us on loud long blast of his whistle!! We cleared the channel and missed the freighter by a mile.
After rocking and rolling in the Gulf for about 15 minutes we headed in to Shell Island. We had the beach to our selves. Just before dark we ran the blockade back to camp.
Sunday look like rain and the wind was supposed to slow down. So not being able to top Saturday we packed up and left. <!-- editby --><em>edited by: skarr1, Aug 17, 2010 - 05:57 AM</em><!-- end editby --> [/quote]
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