28 March 2021 | Dismal Swamp Canal
20 March 2021 | St Augustine Municipal Marina Mooring Field
16 March 2021 | Saint Augustine, Florida
13 March 2021 | Key West, FL
10 March 2021 | Garrison Bight Mooring Field, Key West, FL
05 March 2021 | Fleming Key, Key West, FL
25 February 2021 | Fleming Key,Key West, Fl
21 February 2021 | Big Marco River, Marco Island, FL
16 February 2021 | Fort Myers Beach, FL
13 February 2021 | Pelican Bay
09 February 2021 | Pelican Bay, Caya Costa, FL
06 February 2021 | Pine Island, FL
04 February 2021 | Glover Bight, Cape Coral, FL
30 January 2021 | Ft Myers Beach, Fl
28 January 2021 | Fort Myers Beach, FL
26 January 2021 | Fort Meyers, Fl
24 January 2021 | Marco Island, Fl
20 January 2021 | Big Marco River Anchorage, Marco Island, FL
17 January 2021 | Fleming Key, Key West, FL
No Name Harbor Bound
05 December 2019 | No Name Harbor, FL
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An easy trip would be on tap for the day. We leisurely enjoyed breakfast and coffee before putting our plan into action for our departure.
We are on the north side of the Las Olas Bridge which opens on the quarter and three quarter hour, so our departure would coincide with their 0915 opening. The next bridge would be the 17th Street bridge and would open on the half hour. The captain timed it perfectly to make it through the 0930 opening. What we did not know is why there were close to a dozen boats hovering in the basin on the other side of the bridge. After about twenty minutes we got someone to answer a radio and we found that they were waiting to board a transport and we should just keep them to starboard. Then we are on our way out the Port Everglade Inlet. Again we are battling some ships but soon we are making our turn toward Miami.
The sails are up and the wind kicks up to 18 knots across our starboard beam. This is probably the most sailing we have gotten in the entire trip. The wind is a little more tickled around Miami but then it picks back up again and then we are reefing our headsail.
We rounding the tip of the Miami coast toward No Name Harbor, the water changes color to the aqua blue we see so much of in the Keys and in the Bahamas. The air temperature is in the upper 70's and with the sun it feels like 80 in the cockpit.
We arrive at No Name and the anchorage is pretty packed. Al from Arion (a Kady Krogen) comes over to say hi once we get the anchor down. We met Al and his wife Arleen our first cruise in 2015. We all met at Waderwick Wells in the Exumas, Bahamas. It was great to catch up with Al. They are crossing tomorrow to the Bahamas with another Kady Krogen. We shall see them there in a few short weeks.....close to twelve to fourteen days.