Anchored off Keys, FL
Jan 28, 2017. Saturday
We did not do much today. It was a mostly sunny easy day but after dark the wind picked up. It was a really bouncy night. We checked around and found where we could get our propane tanks for cooking and the dinghy motor refilled. It was far enough away we will have to rent a car to get refills. There is a yachting club that will accept transients, Upper Keys Sailing Club. We can get water there too.
Jan. 29, 2017. Sunday
Lots of rain, serious wind and cool weather today. We decided to move from where we anchored last night and when we came up top we saw we were not where we anchored. Our anchor had drug. When we pulled it up a crab pot float was embedded in the grass and sand in the anchor. That is the first time that has happened to us. We started our engine and motored to a place that had a sand bar that slowed the waves down a bit. The wind was over 30kts and it was really tough going. After a few hours Lee decided that an anchorage called Cow Pens off Islamorada would be better and more protected. We headed that way and before we reached our intended anchorage we went aground. We do not have much tide but hoped there would be enough to float us off. We hung around for few hours and could not get off so finally called Tow Boat US around 4:30. They came but could not pull our full keel heavy sail boat off. We tried again about 9pm and still could not budge the boat. We will try again tomorrow in the day light. Pretty sure we won't drift away. Between the wind, the weather and the going aground this has not been a fun day! The wind kept the batteries charged to 94%. The only upside of this weather.
The freezer had been staying cold much better until today and it started rising about 1/10 of a degree every 10 or 15 minutes once we ran aground. It went from 21 last night to 36 tonight. It is full of 3 months worth of meat. Would hate to lose it all. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
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