Boat Schooling
We decided to stop in at the Coconut grove anchorage in Miami last night to stall on a approching low, thus future sailing instead of motoring against unfavourable winds. Coming into the Channel Cameron recognized a Cheoy Lee (Once a white boat captain always a white boat cap), heading south and knew it was the same boat our good friend Aunty Helen worked on, bummer we just missed her!. This was the first time we have ever been to Dinner Key by SV Tranquility and our expectations were dampened at the sight of city smog and abandon boats. Well at least there were some watch dogs off a Burger MY”Heritage” from the city marina that came out in their fizz boat to help guide us safely into the anchorage that has a spit that comes out on the north side of the channel. They also gave us instructions on where the dingy dock was and to take care to lock it up as downtown Miami had been having trouble with theft. After dropping anchor it was bitter sweet on whether we should have stopped as our body clocks will be even more out of sync after spending the last 6 days taking on the perils of the sea and trying to agree on which number of the beauford scale the seas and winds were at. It was decided between a 8 & 9 as we saw gale force winds up to 50kts and white capped waves with long hanging crests. More about our journey south when I write up the cruising log from Virginia beach VA to Naples FL and post it on the cruising log page through the website.
The kids were very excited to be able to run around the deck now that we had stopped and get rid of their pent up energy. Staring over the side they were in awe to see the sea bed below and stated that they would be going snorkeling at first light tomorrow. Staring over the side and seeing the remnants of mans polluting ways I wasn’t encouraging the idea. Fynn had a hard time grasping where we actually were in relation to the name of the city, “Mummy what city is that?” “We are in Miami” “Oh we are in your ami” “No Fynn we are in Miami” “I see we are in Maya’s ami” Ok I’m still not sure if he got the point but hey it could well be Fynn’s ami for all he cared by the end of this confusing conversation. So we lit up the BBQ poured a cocktail and had a wonderful meal. We still felt like we were at sea though, since there is no conscious regard for speed restriction in the channel and the sports fisherman fly by at 20kts. No problem man People of zee world relax! Tranquility and crew decided not to stay in Miami and picked up anchor this morning at first light and high tide to head to Key West and wait out the weather there. The winds have picked up to 20kts out of the NW which makes for a rolly dead down wind sail at 7.2kts SOG, we are currently abeam of Plantation Key approaching the Hen and Chicken sanctuary preservation area.