After the excitement with Pandora’s Box, we set a course of 178 degrees for Marathon, the most southerly port of our Great Loop adventure. Winds were 10-15 mph with a 1 foot chop and we were able to do 8.5 mph on this 47 mile trip today.
We played many rounds of “dodgepot” today as we weaved through the crab pot fields, and occasionally we could see who was “serving” when we came upon crabber boats.
The trip was fast and uneventful today but that changed when we entered Florida Bay and the water changed to a light green and we could see the Seven Mile Bridge connecting Pigeon, Monkey and Sunshine Keys. After zig zagging through some final crab pots and the Red Bay Banks, we headed under the bridge and into the Hawk Channel which is the Atlantic Ocean side of the Keys.
We stopped at Poncho’s Fuel for Valvtect diesel ($2.65) then under the Boot Key bascule bridge of 26 feet and on to Sombrero Resort Marina where we will be for a month. This will be a great stop as it has a pool onsite, a beach a few miles away, Publix and West Marine which are always high on our list, and we’ve just been told that everybody on the dock meets at 5pm. Stay tuned.
We played many rounds of “dodgepot” today as we weaved through the crab pot fields, and occasionally we could see who was “serving” when we came upon crabber boats.
The trip was fast and uneventful today but that changed when we entered Florida Bay and the water changed to a light green and we could see the Seven Mile Bridge connecting Pigeon, Monkey and Sunshine Keys. After zig zagging through some final crab pots and the Red Bay Banks, we headed under the bridge and into the Hawk Channel which is the Atlantic Ocean side of the Keys.
We stopped at Poncho’s Fuel for Valvtect diesel ($2.65) then under the Boot Key bascule bridge of 26 feet and on to Sombrero Resort Marina where we will be for a month. This will be a great stop as it has a pool onsite, a beach a few miles away, Publix and West Marine which are always high on our list, and we’ve just been told that everybody on the dock meets at 5pm. Stay tuned.
