It struck me to sail from Galveston to Port Aransas as a fun idea at first. However, in a short amount of time I found myself spiralling out of control down the rabit hole.......by noon I had purchased and scoured the pilot charts for my first Gulf run. April presented the best probability of calm weather to sail to Port Aransas and back......320nm. Port O Connor, ( I know well from crew boat excursions to my barge the M-278 in my blustering youth), would be a good place to Anchor, even despite its reputation for loose women and no local dental plan. Anyway, I finally landed on hard ground when the local haulers quoted me 2K...dazed and confused I came here.