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Bada Byng!!

This afternoon we took a 20 KM cruise and circumnavigated Plantation Key. We invited our dockmates Kay Ann and Mike to join us. I wanted to check out the "Community" anchorage on Tavernier. We saw this colorful houseboat at Mangrove Marina that caught our eye.

But what REALLY caught my eye was this trimaran heading north on the inside as we we headed to the creek. Just so happens it is our last trailer cruiser, an F-31 Corsair trimaran, now called Bada Byng. The new owner, a Canadian from the Georgean Bay area of Lake Huron, was heading north to stage for crossing to the Bahamas. Fair winds Bada Byng!! The boat was called kimosabi when we owned her - see: http://www.trimarankimosabi.blogspot.com/

We then decided to cruise through Tavernier Creek to cruise back on Hawk Channel. When coming back through Snake Creek we passed this 22' twin-keeled English Westerly sailboat. Anyway, those aboard her had no idea what the Thistle on their sail was about. It is an old mainsail off of a 17' racing dinghy designed by Sandy Douglas in the 40's. Still a very popular racing design today. We used to own one... 

Miami City Hall

Miami has a population of how many million? Our hometown of Sturgeon Bay's population is less than 10,000. The City Hall buildings are about the same size....

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Bill Baggs State Park and Dinner Key Entertainment

While we were anchored in No Name Harbor at Cape Florida,  (http://www.floridastateparks.org/capeflorida/) a young couple was using their ParaSail boat for a weekend cruise. It was Friday night that we anchored here. Late that night it was a busy place. Saturday morning the place turned into the Southeastern Miami Zoo...

A couple on this little cat (Discovery 50) from South Hampton England dropped a hook in front of us for a bit Saturday morning before we headed to Dinner Key.

While we are at Dinner Key we walked over to the launch ramp a few times to enjoy a little Cuban entertainment. It took this poor guy at least a 1/2 hour to haul his boat. I think he may need a new set of tires...

What more can I say?

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