Ponce de Leon Inlet is a rather fancy name, it used to be called Mosquito Inlet but the locals decided it would do the tourist business no good at all. So now we head for Ponce de Leon , a fairly uneventful trip, the usual sun, little wind and the motor running all the way. The entrance at Ponce de Leon was pretty easy once inside you either turn south or north. The route south is the main channel but there is a well marked channel to the north that would save us a lot of time. I say well marked in fact it was dreadfully marked on my iPad and the paper chart, which we found when the boat came to a shocking halt the rig and mast shuddered and the incoming tidal current pushed us harder on to the shoal. Somehow Vince managed to reverse us off enough to then turn into the current and we scrapped our way back off the shoal. I saw 2.3 feet on the depth, we go aground at 3.9 ! A very nice man from Seatow saw the incident and came over to us with the welcome words 'follow me' ! The actual channel was a good 150 yards to the south. After all the tension we abandoned the anchoring plan and went to a marina . The harbour inlet marina seemed to be the party location for the town, live band, loud music and lots of people.
Sunset at inlet harbour marina.
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