Bird hunting revisited...

Tonight we are on the hook about 9km NE of Plantation Key. The hunt for Roseate Spoonbills was successful!

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Today's Quiz...

Notice anything missing on the port engine? First one with the right answer gets to send me a tap and die set...

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Sunset cruise

Yesterday we headed to Key Largo with our land yacht to visit our good friends Larry and Candi. While there I received a call from other friends that know our winter residence. They were in transit moving a recently purchased 57' yacht from Savannah to Punta Gorda. The boat has an 87' spar that requires sailing all the way around the Florida Keys. They would be on the hook overnight at nearby Rodriguez Key. We took a beautiful sunset cruise out for a quick visit and inspection. The yacht is Australian built, performance-oriented, with a lifting keel that goes from 5.5' to almost 12' draft, water-ballasted, with twin rudders, and a hull shape similar to the current Open 60 ocean racers. So far their top speed has been 14 knots in less than 25 knots of true wind. Quite a boat...

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A trip down Memory Lane

After the cable guy showed up today and hooked us up so I could enjoy my morning coffee watching the news, we took a 15km joy ride up Tavernier Creek, returning via memory lane...

Actually, we came back "home" via the Toilet Bowl, a cut through the flats that is very well "marked". Last February we gave some friends the thrill of their life with a boat ride through the same cut...

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Shrimp for Breakfast

Yesterday morning I found this large shrimp in our dinghy. Too bad there was only one... Ended up giving it to the guy on the cute little boat nearby to use for fish bait.

On the beach next to the marina a large Multihull regatta is finishing up today. With the current cold front blasting through (high temp about 70), they've had good air for sailing.