What a Comfortable Boat (Day 093)

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

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

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Weather: Overcast all day; windy (20 knots out of the north); low in the high 50s and high in the high 60s, evening showers

Comment: It must be a comfortable boat, we spent the entire day aboard and didn't even lower the dinghy into the water. We did a lot of computer work (logs and expense reports, checking news and sports, and researching anchorages on the west coast of Florida). Our lone accomplishment was to plan a trip up the west coast of Florida. We’re not sure when we’ll leave Marathon, but after we do we’ll spend four or five days exploring the Everglades. Then we’ll sail up the coast to the beginning of the Florida West Coast ICW near Ft. Meyers Beach. From there we’ll go to Cayo Costa where we’ll spend four or five nights and then to Indian Rocks Beach (where we hope to visit friends). Connecting the major ports of call will be stops at several anchorages along the way. Of course, besides determining our departure date from Marathon, the weather will influence our actual schedule.

When we leave Indian Rocks Beach, we’ll back track south to mile 0 of the West Coast ICW and cut across Florida to the Okeechobee Waterway. We’ll take our time crossing the waterway, stopping at several of the small towns along the way. We may spend a night or two in Stuart and then head up to Vero Beach for another extended stay. After that, we’ll start to think about beginning the trip home, probably around April 1.