We have been in Boot Key Harbor, in Marathon, Fl. longer than we expected. But this is such a wonderful place to spend time, have fun and meet friendly people, you seem to loose track of the days.
No problemo. Here are a few pictures showing where we've been and just how we managed to
blow away 5 weeks while waiting for a weather window to the Bahamas.
Marathon City Marina
Boot Key Harbor owned & operated by the city of Marathon.
They are a great group of folks who maintain a clean, friendly, community-oriented marina with 225 mooring balls. There's baseball, boche ball, yoga-under-the-tiki, mexican train dominos, craft meetings, weekly Meet 'n Greet dinners, and always, countless excuses for lunch-time gatherings, and sunset-toasting on the boats.
They are a great group of folks who maintain a clean, friendly, community-oriented marina with 225 mooring balls. There's baseball, boche ball, yoga-under-the-tiki, mexican train dominos, craft meetings, weekly Meet 'n Greet dinners, and always, countless excuses for lunch-time gatherings, and sunset-toasting on the boats.
I can bike to the West Marine, The Stuffed Pig Resturant, Publix, Daffy Dougs (the local bargain emporium), and The Salvation Army. I am in the center of the universe! Through the daily 9:00 a.m. Cruisers Net, I found a girl that had an extra spool of hand-quilting thread. I gave her a bottle of wine. I believe we are both happy boaters. Life is good in Boot Key Harbor.
Harbor Entrance
The first year we came to Boot Key, this was a functioning bascule bridge. The friendly, local bridgetender would welcome you into the harbor while he raised the span.
Sunsets
With a harbor full of masts and the sun resting on the old bridge,
every sunset is magical. Conchs blow, taps play, drinks are raised,
cannons fire (this is pirate country), another day ends.
Lounge Lizards, Keys style
A few shots of the local wildlife here in the keys.
Departure Time
After five weeks in Boot Key, it looks like this Wednesday, March 23, we should have calming southerly breezes and fair winds. This is what we need to help push Alice Mae along the gulf stream. We will leave Marathon in the afternoon, sail through the night, and arrive in Bimini Thursday mid-day. It's a 130 miles crossing, a new adventure for us. We plan to check into Alice Town, Bimini. Isn't that just too cool!
Our general sail plan from there is to cross the Grand Bahama Bank (another long stretch of water), sail around the Berries, drop down to Andros (diving??), skirt around New Providence where big, commercial Nassau dominates, and spend some time in N. Eleuthera. From there we can do another long, but workable run north to the Abacos. Marilynn is flying into Marsh Harbor on May 1, (Oh boy, Oh boy!)
I am saying all this because I am thinking we will have minimal phone/internet once we arrive in the Banamas. So, until next time, TTFN
Capt. Dave & Capt. Rocket
on SV Alice Mae
where Life is Good
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| Captain Dave at Auto Pilot |
Our general sail plan from there is to cross the Grand Bahama Bank (another long stretch of water), sail around the Berries, drop down to Andros (diving??), skirt around New Providence where big, commercial Nassau dominates, and spend some time in N. Eleuthera. From there we can do another long, but workable run north to the Abacos. Marilynn is flying into Marsh Harbor on May 1, (Oh boy, Oh boy!)
David & I will play around in the Abacos for about a month total and then work our way back to Fl. and our home base by the end of May.
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| Captain Rocket |
I am saying all this because I am thinking we will have minimal phone/internet once we arrive in the Banamas. So, until next time, TTFN
Capt. Dave & Capt. Rocket
on SV Alice Mae
where Life is Good
All I want to know is why are you leaving Boot Key? Sounds like Paradise!! Well, onto the next paradise! xoxo
ReplyDelete-Lisa