Thursday February 3rd we left sleepy little Long Boat Key with it's small quiet anchorage next to the Historical Village. These pictures are the foggy view of a house on shore and kayaks stored on the beach. There are two restaurants on shore. The Mar Vista http://marvista-restaurent.com/ is our favorite. A great beach is just across the island, too. You can't get into too much trouble in 
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Long Boat!Once we got out in the Gulf the weather looked good so we kept going to Key West. The winds were light, not much sea at all but very foggy at night. A sad looking crab trap in the fog.
At 3pm on Friday we arrived in Key West. The Mecca for parties on the water. There are cruise ships, Coast Guard Ships, Navy Seals in dinghys, sunset cruise boats, fishing charter boats...you name it, and that doesn't get into what's on land! We are anchored by a private island across from Mallory Squarehttp://www.mallorysquare.com/ where the cruise ships dock. The weather is sunny, warm
and windy. 
and windy. 
We will probably stay here until Thursday.
Howe much crap do you suppose they caught in that trap? Let's see...a week to Key West. At that rate you could circumnavigate in 12 years! Seriously, glad you're having fun and doing well. Cheers from Captain Brion
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ReplyDeleteO.K. I give up. What is "Al&"???
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I used Blogspot a few years ago when I took my little canal boat to Minnesota. It worked fine for me. If you're ever bored and want to check it, it's still up at
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Regards, have fun. Brion
Key West brings back fond memories of our sail with you. I remember Bob only bought Al lunch, after he saved Bob's life! Have a mojito for me,
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The weather in Key West looks a lot better than up in North Carolina!
ReplyDeletePhotos from Key West are great. It must be fun seeing all the ships and the cruise ships. Love, Mama
ReplyDeleteBrion, I need an imbedded blogger on this trip. Please come down ASAP so I don't make any more mistakes! Frances
ReplyDeleteGood Luck Guys, thinking of you lots! Not sure if you've heard, we have your old slip, St Pete Municipal from 1st March, Our house sale came together so quickly! We are frantically packing ourselves now.
ReplyDeleteSo excited to keep reading about the adventure! Looking forward to having you sail into NY at some point too.
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It's a happy day to finally be connected! Congratulations on being underway. Looking forward to tracking your escapades and seeing you in Virginia. ~Leigh
ReplyDeleteSaw that your boat made it into the February Sail magazine write-up on the 1500 rally. Hope you are enjoying your trip. We should be headed out to the Bahamas around the end of the month.
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