Monday, December 5, 2011

On to Mobile

 Time travelled:     10 hrs
 Nautical miles:     106 nm
 Docked at:           Mobile Convention Centre

Lock:   Coffeeville 35 ft. drop  NO MORE LOCKS!!! 


A tow coming through late last night!
Tunnel Vision out of the lock and moving on down to Mobile!



Well we made it to Mobile but not to the marina. We did not want to travel through this busy port at night so we stopped at the convention centre. We probably could have made the marina but once we got here there were barges, tows, container ships, going every which way so we had to slow down.  Our back up plan was the free dock at the convention centre. I called this afternoon and the gentleman just asked the name of our boat and how big it was.  We walked a little bit into the downtown and there were some nice shops and cafes but I think because it is a Monday night most were closed.  We will get up early tomorrow and head to the marina as we are going to fill up the tanks again and we need to visit the West Marine store there to get a chart book for the west coast of Florida. 


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