Thursday, November 18, 2010

Onto the Keys

We left Lauderdale last night at 5 PM and sailed down the Florida coast. As the sun set we could see the tall buildings with their lights on, beautifully backlit by the glow in the western sky. We maintained a distance of about a mile off shore and cruised on a beam reach doing between 4 and 5 knots over ground. We have had a 1 or 2 knot current against us for the past 300 miles.

I was a beautiful night to be on a sailboat. We marveled as we past Ft. Lauderdale, then Hollywood and finally Miami.

We are now off of Rattlesnake Key as we work our way down to the Conch Republic. The wind is almost directly behind us and we are getting ready to try to fly the spinnaker.

2 comments:

  1. How about some pictures to brighten our day, Jay? Have pity on us poor souls stuck in an office.

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  2. Lost track of where you are now, Are you home yet? Edie

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