Return to Key Largo

     It was very quiet and picturesque as we pulled up anchor and headed out of Boot Key Harbor at 7:30 this morning. 


Sunrise in Marathon was breathtaking this morning!

       I spent a good part of the day down below posting the past 8 days of blogs.  I am still behind on editing the pictures so that they will be posted at a later time.  I have also removed the restrictions that limited who could view the blog. I still need to investigate the Feedburner.com, in the hopes that folks can be notified of the posting once it is completed. Oh, to be as efficient as Martha with SailBrunelle!

I couldn't choose my favorite sunrise photo.

     While underway, Pete noticed that our speed continues to drop.  He placed us in neutral, than into reverse up to full speed. We did see some sea grass release in our wake. After that we were able to gain speed, but we slowly lost speed again. Our second attempt was not a success. We are pretty sure that we have something wrapped around the prop and/or shaft.  Dan has volunteered to go under the boat once we reach Key Largo to check it out.  Since we were not that far from port, we continued the remaining 3-4 miles at 5mph. 

  
    We passed two Outward Bound Sailing vessels out for a day’s sail.  They could take advantage of the wind!

       Knowing we were due in shortly, Candi, our Harbor Master, hailed us to remind us that the Key Largo Princess was out bound at 4 PM. We simply waited for the Princess to exit the harbor before announcing we were inbound for Crash Corner.  Candi and our fleet members were waiting to welcome us.

     Dinner in our honor was pizza on the veranda. Many of the other cruisers joined us later on the veranda for tonight was movie night.  The featured movie was “Captain Ron” and is great fun no matter how many times you see it.

     It was great to be back with everyone again.

63 /1644                ~  ~ (\_~ ~ ~     Kathy and Pete