We pulled up the anchor just before 8:00am and were on our way toward Marathon. The anchor windlass failed with five feet of chain still out, so Fred had to pull that in by hand and repair the windlass after we arrived in Marathon. Again the weather conditions are wonderful and the Gulf is relatively calm. The crab pots are still numerous, but as long as we pay careful attention, we are fine. We had fun laughing at the expense of some of the people who manage the crab pots (would they be called crabbermen instead of fishermen?). Some are very careful with how they deploy their pots and have perfectly straight lines of pots all equidistance apart with perfectly painted floats (our favorites in this group were the pink floats). Others however seem to be spread in a rather random way with floats that look like they have been in use for a long while without any maintenance or cleaning. I guess it’s a little scary what we think and talk about where there is not much to see but crab pot floats and water.
We arrive at Sombrero Marina just after 2:00pm. This feels like a huge accomplishment as this is almost the furthest south we will go on our Loop. We will travel further south through Hawks Channel as we head from here to Key Largo at the end of the month, but this will be the furthest south were the boat will be tied up and we will sleep. We are not ready to head back north! Fred’s checking to see if Boreas has the range to make it to the Cayman Islands.
Miles: 46.6 Bridges: 1 Locks: 0
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| departing Little Shark River |
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Seven Mile Bridge - the shorter bridge with the break in it is the old railroad
bridge which was converted to the first road connecting the Keys
(if you look closely, you can see some crab pot floats) |
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| another view of the Seven Mile Bridge |
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| looking back at the Seven Mile Bridge |
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| the mooring field in Boot Key Harbor |
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sunset from the front deck of Boreas in our slip
at Sombrero Marina |
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