March 16-April 9, 2018 25 days 130 nautical miles Boot Key Harbor Marathon to Jewfish Hole Fiesta Key March 16, 2018 28 nautical miles 5 hours half motoring, half motor sailing Traveled west to center of 7 mile bridge before going under and heading back east on Florida Bay...
Anchorages and Stuff
Places we anchor, stay or hang out
A Guide to a Leisurely Trip across the Okeechobee Waterway
So, you’ve thought about crossing the state of Florida through the Okeechobee Waterway (or maybe you just want to read about our experience doing so and see some cool pictures). You’ve done a little research and read about locks, short bridges, shallow depths in Lake Okeechobee, or rough conditions...
10 Hours, and 20 Drawbridges, and the Presidential Exclusion Zone….Oh my!
After almost 2 weeks in Ft Lauderdale on the mooring ball, we were ready to get moving again. We had ordered parts and repaired quite a few things that had broken in the Bahamas: new anchor windlass motor ordered and installed, new propane solenoid control panel, repaired primary winch,...
Exumas: The Long Way Back
The day after fixing the diesel, we readied Holiday to start moving north again. After nearly two months in the Bahamas and hurricane season looming, we were ready to start making our way back toward the US. But first, we decided to head to a Cay in the Exumas...
George Town and Elizabeth Harbour in May
Leaving Lee Stocking Island through Rat Cay Cut, we exited the Banks side back into the Exuma Sound. The area from Lee Stocking all the way back up to Black Point had looked beautiful, but we decided to spend more time there and make more stops on the way...
Exumas: The First Half
We waited and waited at Palm Cay Marina near Nassau while the wind howled (mostly 20-25 knots) from eastern directions for about 10 days looking for a good weather window to head east to Highbourne Cay, our first stop in the Exumas. Granted, the waiting was awesome as we...
The Bahamas so far!
With one final sunset in the ol’ US of A, we got a restless night of sleep in Boot Key Harbor before waking up on March 31st prepared for our long voyage to the Bahamas. We took one final look at the weather and after a good bit of...
Big Pine Key and Coming Full Circle Back to Marathon
Leaving Johnston Key, we skirted the boundary between the Gulf of Mexico and the flats and mangrove islands of the north side of the Lower Keys all the way east to Big Spanish Channel. The motor over was mostly bashing into the wind, but it was less than 3...