We did it! Last Thursday (1/25) we crossed the wake of our sailboat Trader when we entered Boot Key Harbor, Marathon, Fl. This means that we have now completed the entire great loop! Sun Cat will cross her own wake when we get to Ft Lauderdale.
We had a little champagne that evening with John and; Pat from Gypsy Time and Jim and Judy from Silver Foxes. It was both an exciting moment and a little bit of a letdown. But stay tuned – there will be more adventures!
Our trip from the Little Shark River started out with heavy fog and very shallow water. Even well out of the anchorage in the open water of the Gulf of Mexico the depth sounder was only reading 4-5 feet. Eventually we got to 7 feet and then “very deep” water at 10 feet. The fog dissipated by early afternoon and we had a good trip into Boot Key Harbor.
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| Pool at the Boathouse marina |
We’ve spent the last week doing boat projects, biking around Marathon, enjoying the pool and generally relaxing. We did a trip to the local turtle hospital to see large sea turtles . There were several nearly 3 feet in diameter.
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| The ladies at one of our many dock parties |
We had a dock party one night and the next day Mike and Cathy took a group of us on Explorer for a snorkeling expedition to Sombrero Reef. Unfortunately, when we got out there, it was too rough to get on and off the boat. We did see a large sea turtle swimming near the boat. We’ve also had several trips to Sparky’s, (a local watering hole) for happy hour, followed by another dock party.
We were not disappointed to have the groundhog predict another 6 weeks of winter. Its tough when its 70 to 80 degrees every day!
Tomorrow, a major Super Bowl party is planned. Go PATS!
Enjoying the Keys,
Steve & Jean
M/V Sun Cat
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