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CHAPTER 1
Houston, Texas
CHAPTER 2
Kemah, Texas
CHAPTER 3
Kemah, Texas
CHAPTER 4
Galveston, Texas
CHAPTER 5
Seabrook, Texas
CHAPTER 6
Seabrook, Texas
CHAPTER 7
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 8
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 9
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 10
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
CHAPTER 11
Port Fourchon, Louisiana
CHAPTER 12
Cut Off, Louisiana
CHAPTER 13
Cut Off, Louisiana
CHAPTER 14
Cut Off, Louisiana
CHAPTER 15
Houma, Louisiana
CHAPTER 16
Houma, Louisiana
CHAPTER 17
Houma, Louisiana
SPINDRIFT - CHAPTER 7
At Sea - Gulf of Mexico
March 23, 2003
We left Seabrook the day the war began, or rather the day we entered Iraq. It was early evening as we approached the Galveston ship channel our first step towards getting out into the gulf, but being that we knew these waters well it didn't bother us the fact that it would soon be night. We had hoped to leave on the outgoing tide but as the last minute preparations had gone so slowly we found ourselves 5 hours behind schedule.
This first night would be an uneventful one as we all just started to get used to the rolling movement of the boat, and as we played around with the GPS and computer charts we had gotten not too much earlier.
Now, once you get out into the Gulf of Mexico the first thing you notice is the vast amount of oil rigs. Big ones, little ones. New ones, old ones, abandoned ones. There are literally thousands out there, and all pose a threat to navigation.
The next day
We no longer had the sensation of traveling but a feeling of living an isolated life on an island 36 feet long.
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"When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the chance of things."
- Hilaire Belloc