{"id":2049,"date":"2015-12-28T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T21:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2015-12-28T16:01:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T21:01:31","slug":"a-near-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herons-flight.com\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"A near disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nMonday December 14, 2015
\nThe day started out cloudy with intermitent light rain. The wind was blowing from the south.
\nIn a nutshell, Jim was day dreaming\/ not paying attention\/ forgetting that we had the mast up again as he approached our 5th bridge of the day. The Hatchett Creek Bridge is a draw bridge that opens every 15 minutes on request. Jim suddenly swore something and put the boat in reverse. I jumped in and took over the helm, completing the turn Jim had started. By the time we were out of danger, my heart was racing! Close call. I don’t want to think about how bad it would have been if we had slammed into a 30′ bridge with our 50′ mast.
\nWe anchored in Lemon Bay for the night. It occurred to me that I should look up where Martin, Jen, and Kaylee were. We had travelled with them from Hoppies on the Mississippi to Green Turtle Bay. Martin was running a small marina in the Ft Meyers area. I looked it up and was surprised to find that they were only two miles from where we were anchored! I called them and made plans to meet the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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