Location: 27.58.35N/82.49.30W Clearwater Municipal Marina. It was a beautiful day with calm seas for our run from Longboat Key to Clearwater. Along the way we saw dolphin at various locations along the way. They swam and played in our wake. Mary saw some good size fish and I saw several flying fish. We ran outside about 15 miles offshore to avoid a large area of shoals just outside Tampa Bay. Clearwater beaches were jammed with sunbathers as we ran into the inlet to the marina. On arrival we filled our fuel tanks at the bargain price of $1.72 per gallon with our Boat US card. Our friend Pasquale Vitali was waiting for us when we arrived. We haven't seen him for a year so we had a nice evening catching up. We had dinner right at the marina at Crabby Bills, went for a walk along Clearwater beach and returned to the boat for the evening.

Tomorrow we have a slip reservation at the Tarpon Springs City Marina. We remember some movies when we were kids where hard hat divers gathered sponges on the sea floor. These movies were the beginning of our interest in the sea and together with Sea Hunt starring Lloyd Bridges on TV sparked our interest in scuba diving. We will have to sample some Greek food while we are there and maybe buy a sponge or two from one of the many sidewalk stands along the waterfront.