Well that was fun, we left Twin Dolphins Friday Jan 10th at 8 am, sailed off shore to Venice, spent a couple of days at Crows nest marina, left there Sunday morning at about 9 am, motorsailed south in some lumpy stuff, 15 knots of NE wind and some big leftover swell from the cold front that passed the day before. Wind settled and the seas improved and by nightfall the wind filled in from the east as expected and we spent the entire night sailing only on just the headsail at 6.5 knots. Wanted to sail because of all the crab pots we would encounter off of the coast and Florida bay. When morning broke on Monday we were just a couple of hrs from the real skinny part leading to seven mile bridge. We brought the headsail in at 9 am and motored to and thru the channel. Caught a nice Bonita on the way! Managed to get a mooring ball at boot key and we will rest up prior to heading north to dinner key! Some pics below
Gulf was calm as we left Tampa bay!
Discovery on the face dock at crows nest marina in Venice.
Dolphin statue in wood at the beach park just steps away from crows nest.
Water color of the marina in Venice.
Day trip downtown Venice beach!
One that did not get away!
Lunch at keys fishery in marathon
View from discovery looking out on a packed boot key Harbour !
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