According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.7 square miles, of which, 5.2 square miles of it is land and 0.5 square miles of it (8.76%) is water. A navigational channel connects Port Mansfield to the Intracoastal Waterway, and to the Gulf of Mexico, cutting through Padre Island via the Port Mansfield Channel. There are about 500 people who live in Port Mansfield and most are connected to fishing either commercial and private.
When we arrived there were about a dozen boats of all shapes and sizes. There are about 65 boats registered and they come from all over the United States to participate in the 200. This is the 7th year for the 200 and each year it gets a little bigger.
Within the next hour Gene will put up the mast and set the boat's rigging. We'll then wait in line to splash the boat and we'll move it into the slip that we have rented for the next couple of nights. Tomorrow Gene will take the truck and the trailer to Magnolia Beach, which is about 200 miles from here. He'll leave the truck and trailer there and then will be brought back to Port Mansfield via a shuttle bus. Jazz, Cruiser and I will be staying with the boat trying to stay cool.
Right now the temperature is about 95 and we have a good breeze. I'm hoping that the breeze continues through the night and that our little fans will offer us some air inside the boat. My evening is going to be spent organizing and getting things settled into place. Our ice box that Gene retrofitted to the boat is filled with ice and our perishable foods. We've been doing tests with the insulated ice box and we're hoping that we'll have ice for most of the trip.
More pictures as the "Puddle Duck" boats arrive.
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