Category: Trip Journal
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West Palm Anchored in a SEVERE Storm
There are 100s of boats anchored in the inlet and anchoring in the night at 3:30 am is not something to call fun. Moving and drifting required Sean to put 2 anchors down to secure us. However:
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West Palm Day/Night Run
Some weather is coming so the plan is West Palm Beach ASAP so we can avoid the storm Longest run yet.
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Grecian Rocks Rachel Goes Snorkling
Florida Keys Marine Sanctuary and Snorkling as Rachel’s last day. So many beautiful and colorful fish. Alarmed black with white spots stingray just floated right past me. SUch a wonderful calming experience of closing the outside world out and just being in another place.
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Del Mar Key Largo
TIght is not close to getting in here. “Crash Corner” is no joke. As we creeped in we were hailed, “trawler that notified they were coming in”. So, we, in a small basin, were able to have the other professional captain pass us very smartly. Thank goodness for people listening. After exhaling from the tricky…
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Key Largo or Bust
We headed off early this morning for Key Largo. Swells were hitting over 15. Sean decided to do the first deployment of our “birds” paravaines to stabalize the boat. What a difference. MY favorite things are:
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Rainstorm unwind Before Heading Off
Take.off was delayed due to storm. Friends on the Flying Goose we met in Key West are here. We all spent a leisure day in the pool and doing boat chores. Slipped in a few tropical drinks and music at the Porkeys. Right by the 7 mile bridge.
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Turtles, Sharks and Sting Ray’s Oh My!
What wonderful stewards and rehab centers for the Keys wildlife. The reason I love diving is places like this. So fun to share these things with Rachel on her visit.
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Rachel Goes to Marathon with Us
Rachel flew into Key West on a pink plane “Silver Airlines”. Someone is going to need to explain that marketing strategy to me. But, she arrived safely! We went to “Off the Hook” for diner and it was fabulous. I think it was the one remaining place we hadn’t eaten. So, morning arrives and the…
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Key West Bight Marina
Dowtown at Bight Marina. Enjoying being able to walk off the boat and there is food, music and people. And it’s an easy escape to cocktails on the back deck and I do enjoy boat people watching. We are the “mini” boat here. This place is filled with massive charter fishing and party boats. Fun…
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Day 52: We Gotta Get Out of this Place
We have gone to every restaurant on the island. We painted the blue stripe. We added aother blue stripe (looks sweet). We found a welder to weld the swim platform. We ate everything in our double refrigerators. We went to every pub that exists. We really gotta get moving again. It’s time.