We arrived in Marathon after our mostly motor over Florida Bay from Cape Sable and headed for Boot Key Harbor. The mooring field there is huge (over 200 spots), and we have read it’s really neat, but we also read that it is so popular there can be a...
Articles for December 2016
Cape Sable and sail to the Keys!
During our stay in the Little Shark River, we had been listening to the weather daily. The wind had been coming from the south east (the direction we were wanting to go. not good for sailing), and we were watching for the day that the winds switched back to...
Little Shark River
Our next 30 mile jump down through the Everglades after Indian Key Pass was to Little Shark River. We left early in the morning and had our best day of sailing on the trip so far. We raised the sails and shut off the diesel just after exiting Indian...
Sunsets of the Everglades
Eight nights in the Everglades and eight beautiful sunsets. 3 nights at Indian Key Pass: 4 nights in the Little Shark, quiet and serene: 1 night at Cape Sable in the open Gulf:
10,000 Islands
On Thanksgiving day after finally successfully solving our diesel over heating issue (found an exhaust hose that was clogged and changed it out), we set out from Marco Island to head for the 10,000 Islands and some “off the grid” anchoring in and around the Florida Everglades. I’ve planned...