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Old 07-07-2015, 06:15 PM   #29
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Clearwater to Carabelle, then Panama City or Pensacola

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Originally Posted by Blissboat View Post
Ditto what Rogerh wrote above (about shoaly places along the stretch around Cape San Blas. The inside route is beautiful and interesting. Appalachicola is always worth a stop. From there, you run short way up the river, then hook a left to follow the ICW. Lake Wimico is a good example of what a lot of the Florida panhandle must have once looked like.

From the lake to East Bay (of St. Andrews Bay) it's mostly a dredged-out ditch. Shoals form on the insides of bends. If you draw four or more, watch your fatho and favor the outside of turns.

An alternative, just past White City heading westbound, is to run down the Gulf County Canal (straight as a rifle shot), come out at the old lumber port town of Port St. Joe, and head west in the Gulf from there. But, paralleling the coast along there the swells come mostly on the beam, so unless you really enjoy rocking and rolling, it can soon get old.

Will definitely stop for some oysters at Appalachicola.

Thanks for all the great details.
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