Blue Angles - Pensacola, FL July 16th

[Bennie]

i would go but no place to stay. weather doesn't seem to be good for local lakes...

Have you looked near Orange Beach, AL? It's less than an hour away from P-cola by boat and has plenty of places to stay.

 

[blacksapphirez]

Are you talking your place? LoL its bit of a last minute and an hour is a longgg time on a boat

 

[Bennie]

Sorry @blacksapphirez don't think the wife will go for that one.

As for the hour on the boat I've gotta prep them for next year's Bimini crossing! :-D

 

[Bill D]

@blacksapphirez Last night when I was looking, there were two hotels in Foley that had rooms and were under $200. The Cornerstone and America's Best Value Inn.

 

[Bennie]

We're in for Saturday's show! We'll see you there @blackhawkpilot @ToddW850

If the waves aren't too bad I'm thinking about anchoring on the Gulf side. Looks like a good view point.

 

[ToddW850]

We're in for Saturday's show! We'll see you there @blackhawkpilot @ToddW850

If the waves aren't too bad I'm thinking about anchoring on the Gulf side. Looks like a good view point.

Awesome! Not 100% sure we will anchor in the Gulf. Not that it bothers me one bit, but my passengers may not dig it. And I know the Coast Guard keeps boat back a ways, but you will still have a great view. Let me know what you end up doing and I'll confirm with you where we end up anchoring. I'm still shooting for the circle I posted early. The far south of the circle, or just south of the circle itself.

 

[Bennie]

@blackhawkpilot @ToddW850 - I'm aiming for being at the launch by 10. Hoping to take the Gulf route and have about a hour long trip. I'll text when we hit the water. Weather is looking good!

 

[ToddW850]

@blackhawkpilot @ToddW850 - I'm aiming for being at the launch by 10. Hoping to take the Gulf route and have about a hour long trip. I'll text when we hit the water. Weather is looking good!

Right on! I'm still on schedule (at least close to it). I will be leaving my house now at 0900 sharp! Original plan was to be launching at 0900. Regardless, I should still be arriving at Pensacola around 1030-1100. I will monitor to see where you end up. I will upload a pic of my anchor spot. Unless you have a crazy good view in the Gulf, then I could be persuaded to head through the pass.

 

[blackhawkpilot]

We're on the way!!

 

[Bennie]

We're here! The Gulf is beautiful!

 

[ToddW850]

Not sure what happened to my post. I posted and uploaded pics.

Looks like a good spot @Bennie. Unfortunately "my group" put us behind and I wouldn't have time to get through the Pass.

@blackhawkpilot where did you end up anchoring?

But here is where I am. 3 Yammies and 1 Scarab anchored just to my east.

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[ajccowboysfan]

Awesome @ajccowboysfan ! Congrats on the new boat! You picked a great weekend to break her in. I see you picked her up at KM Cycle?

Thanks! I sure did... great buy IMO. We (Me and my sons ) were out there watching the Blues on Friday. And then tubing immediately following. Fun times.

 

[blackhawkpilot]

We were right on the edge of all the boats. Didn't get too far into all the mess of other boats.

 

[ToddW850]

We were right on the edge of all the boats. Didn't get too far into all the mess of other boats.

Gotcha. Yeah, I found a spot that had good room around me. But definitely didn't find the same shallow spot. Chest deep last year. 11 feet this year. But the show was awesome!

 

[Bennie]

That was a great show! Listened to the show on 1620 to hear the names of the pilots and what maneuver they were performing. Got a great spot just south of the beach. The kid/family enjoyed the deep beautiful water...34ft! (and only saw one shark...lol). ("Saw" being the optimal word there.)

 

[ToddW850]

Nice @Bennie . Trying to figure out if we are doing the Sound next year, or the Gulf. Buddy of mine did the Gulf this year. Said he liked it, but you can't stand up (obviously). But yeah, that was a helluva show!

 

[Bennie]

@ToddW850 - I'm lost on that one bud, what do you mean "you can't stand up"?

 

[ToddW850]

Sorry @Bennie , that was a little confusing, now that I went back and read it. But the Gulf side is deep. However, on the Sound Side (ICW) it's shallow enough you can stand up. Where I anchored up last year it was only chest deep. However, I didn't find a spot close enough this year and it was over my head anyway. So just trying to juggle whether we want to be able to stand up again next year, or go in the Gulf. We will see. All weather depending, because no way my guests could sit through any kind of waves in the Gulf to watch.

 

[Bennie]

Sorry @Bennie , that was a little confusing, now that I went back and read it. But the Gulf side is deep. However, on the Sound Side (ICW) it's shallow enough you can stand up. Where I anchored up last year it was only chest deep. However, I didn't find a spot close enough this year and it was over my head anyway. So just trying to juggle whether we want to be able to stand up again next year, or go in the Gulf. We will see. All weather depending, because no way my guests could sit through any kind of waves in the Gulf to watch.

Ahhh ok I got you. I don't know about your family but for the most part my family is usually floating anyways. So once we had eaten and were properly anchored we were out on tubes and loungers. But I can easily see where guest may still want to place their feet on sand. I've had guest like that too (I'm talking about you mom!)

 

[Westbeach Bum]

I hate we missed it this year, and the weather turned out great on Friday. We'll be there next year.