From the mooring field you can see a number of mangrove islands off to the northeast. They are about 4 – 5 miles away and don’t look like much. With the new dinghy motor providing me a little more range I decided to head out there on a pre-dawn Sunday excursion to get an angel for a sunrise shot that didn’t include buildings and stuff in the way...
Took a little trip around Stock Island on WikiWiki (the dinghy) to see the islands from a water perspective and also to see what it is like to travel a long distance on a little dinghy. The trip took 3 hours to make total and burned up 3 tanks of gas (the internal tank on this little motor only holds a quart). I’ve clocked my dinghy at 5 mph so it was probably...
The final leg of my trip from Jacksonville to Key West is the Marathon to Key West Harbor leg. The plan was for this to be a simple daysail trip down the keys with current and wind going for me. As with all things I do there is a “let’s make things go the hard way” tax due. I decided I would take care of this tax before leaving the anchorage...
At the end of my trip from Jacksonville, FL I was pretty worn out and looking for a place to rest and regroup. I had been on the water non-stop for a week and was feeling all 48 years. I stopped and anchored near Rodriguez Key just off Key Largo. Rodriguez Key Anchorage As I was engineless, the first good anchorage that was also easy to get in and out of was...
My time in Jacksonville, FL was over, and it was time to sail from Jacksonville to the Florida Keys. While I was only partially done with the refit the job I had moved to Jacksonville for was complete and it was time to move on, the project I was hired for was ending. Time to take my boat and find some clear waters and get out of town before the winter temperatures...