Sailing aboard Great Adventure

20 March 2017 | Isla Mujeres, Mexico
05 March 2017 | Marina El Cid, Puerto Morelos, Mexico
21 November 2016
08 November 2016 | Key West Man of War Harbor
04 November 2016 | Key West
20 October 2016 | Clearwater Florida
14 October 2016 | Destin Harbor
14 October 2016 | Destin Harbor
09 October 2016 | Bayou Grande Marina, NAS Pensacola, FL
06 October 2016 | Bayou Grande Marina, NAS Pensacola, FL
23 December 2015 | Home Port, Bayou Grande Marina
11 May 2014 | Back at Home
28 February 2014 | Man o War Harbor, Key West
23 February 2014 | Key West
21 February 2014
20 February 2014 | Florida SW coast
18 February 2014 | Between Useppa and Cabbage Key
12 February 2014 | Clearwater Beach Marina
07 February 2014 | Panama City Marina
03 February 2014 | NAS Pensacola

Marco Is to Key West

23 February 2014 | Key West
Bob / What can you say, it's Key West
We got underway from Marco Island at 0910 on Saturday morning. The winds were very light but were suppose to increase. Once clear of the channel we set our course for Key West and raised the sails and shut the iron jenny down. We were only making 3 to 4 knots but that was ok, we didn't want to get to Key West before sunrise anyway. Sharon took advantage of the light air to catch up on some laundry. She washes it in her little machine, I rinse it by hand in a bucket and wring it out and she hangs it out to dry. Pretty good system we got going, and it only used about 6 gallons of water for 3 loads. At 3 pm the wind died, I mean gone, none, totally flat seas so we fired up the iron jenny and made turns for 4 knots. We saw lots of dolphins and turtles and right at sunset, Sharon saw a shark. Don't know how big it was, the dorsal fin came up out of the glassy water and then about 5 feet behind it the tail fin came up, definitely not a dolphin. We were in about 40 feet of water most of the way and we had seen an incredible amount of crab traps. When the sun went down I stood watch on the bow with the spotlight and steered Sharon through the buoy mazes when they cropped up. Around 9 pm the wind filled back in and we once again set the sails and stopped the engine. We were able to sail all the way in to Key West. We are getting good at getting set once the anchor splashes. Today we anchored at 1100, got the dinghy re-inflated and launched complete with the outboard and everything and had lunch by 1145. Next, a quick run into town then some rest!
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Vessel Name: Great Adventure
Vessel Make/Model: Beneteau 461
Hailing Port: Pace, FL
Crew: Bob and Sharon Wolfe
About:
We have been sailing for all of our married life, which will be 35 years this year, 2013. Sharon grew up in Virginia and I in Texas and neither of us knew anything about sailing when we bought our first boat. Learning by trial and error, mostly error at first, has been fun. [...]