Two Days in One? (Day 108)

LAY DAY: Boot Key Harbor, Mooring Ball L-10 MM1195

Lat/ Long:
Engine Hours
24 42 32N
81 05 57W
848.7

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Weather: The day started with bright sunshine; the high temp reached over 80 degrees, the overnight low was in the 60s; the wind was calm. In the early afternoon, a black cloud came over Marathon; the wind immediately picked up to 25-30 knots out of the NE; a rain shower that lasted for about an hour began about 1400 hours. The temperature dropped 15 degrees within the span of a hour; it stayed windy for the rest of the day, evening, night and the next day

Comment: The calm conditions gave us an opportunity to fill up the fresh water tank. In two trips, we added 24 gallons to the tanks which were just about filled.

Our accu-weather forecaster suggested that we were going to have some rain, so we didn’t stray too far from the boat. Tom, (Le’spirit Libre) who gives the weather forecast on the Cruisers’ Net made no mention of rain. As a result, we noticed that plenty of cruisers left their boats with the hatches opened, due to the warm temperatures and bright sunshine. Most hadn’t returned by the time the wind and rain began. Those folks had to deal with wet bedding and mattresses.