Jan 20 Fri Anchored at Elliot Key
Nice sunny day for boating. We went outside off shore from Ft Lauderdale. The sea conditions were good, but We did not have the greatest wind direction but were able to sail a few hours. We stayed off shore about 6 hrs and came back in about 1/2 way down Biscayne Bay. We made a long day hoping to get to Tavenier Key by Sat. night so we could connect to our friends Bill and Jane.
Jan 21 Sat at Mangrove Marina in Plantation Key
We left Elliot Key after a restful night at anchor and headed south. We wanted in a marina because the weather was supposed to be windy and rainy for the weekend and the dinghy ride from the boat to our friends house would have been a wet and unpleasant. Or so the weather report said. We first tried the one very close to him and it was booked up. So we tried calling another one 5 miles north of him. They had a slip but there depth was 4 ft at high tide, not that there is really much tide at that location. We have 4 ft draft so that was touchy. We checked on when high tide was and came in at the peak of high tide. We had 4.1 depth and barely fit in the slip. Another 6" and we would have been too wide. We got in and tied up to posts ;( only one cleat, and the docks were not floating. The dock person pointed to the slip and left. Could not believe she did not stay to catch a line. Between trying to tie up with no cleats but 1 and having such little space to work with it took quite a while to situate the boat so we felt it was safe. Our solar cells are as wide as the back of the boat and they fell right where the 2 posts were. The solar cells would touch the posts when the wind blew us a little. Not our favorite marina. As it turned out the weather Sat was sunny and nice and we could have anchored out and dinghy in to our friends dock and been fine.
We got together and all went to a pizza place. The pizza was really good and we were hungry. We came back to the boat and stayed up till midnight catching up on everything.
Jan 22. Sunday. Mangrove Marina in Plantation Key
We slept in a little and our friends came by around 11 and we all went to brunch at a place called Snappers. It has live music, mimosas, and really good brunch. Lee had Eggs Neptune and I had Eggs Blackrock. We were stuffed and enjoyed the music a lot. You can also dance if you can do it in a small space between tables. It was quite windy but sunny and warm. After brunch we came back to the boat and took naps and our friends went home to do some projects. We rejoined around 5:30 for Cuban food. It was delicious. More talking and listening. We returned to the boat around 9:30. I am using our new Mac Book Pro for this log then hope to get some sleep. We think the threatened ba d wind & rain may come tonight . The phone alarmed that this area is under tornado watch and we can feel the wind pushing us around. 70% chance of rain tonight. Tomorrow I hope to get the freezer defrosted and get the temp down. It is saying 33 degrees on the led display.
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