Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Pensacola to Panama City

We left the Ft. Walton Yacht Basin on November 8 when the winds had subsided, but it was a brisk 40 degree in the morning ! We headed for an anchorage east of Panama City. Despite the chill in the air, it was nice to see the sandy beaches.

It was not uncommon to see abandoned boats as remnants of the recent hurricanes....



Here was a different kind of topography in the waterway.

Even the big boats did not escape being affected by the hurricane.

This one was way on shore and quite distant to the waterway.





In Panama City harbor there were different kinds of boats..ocean liners and this red one which appeared to be a cable laying boat. Cable was being wound from the dock on to the boat.


There were many of these raceboats apparantly testing out the equipment. The Blue Angels were practicing for their show out of Pensacola and we saw a lot of them practicing too but didn't get any pictures of them !
When we finally got to our anchorage, these dolphins greeted us and played around the boat while we were anchoring. We had seen several earlier in the day too...According the to locals, they are supposed to bring good luck to sailors.