March 10--One very bad day for boaters.

We had a fierce storm blow in as we were out getting a rental car for Will’s trip to Miami .  It blew up to 50 knots and there were many capsized boats and missing persons.  One guy had dinghied in to the Marathon Harbor for supplies and his boat disappeared at anchor just off the marina.  Another guy’s wife disappeared off the boat.  A number of boats were blown into the shoals.  Some coming in now with shredded sails.  We were lucky and chose to get here yesterday ahead of the predicted bad weather and we were well tied up, so no damage to Patina in her slip.  The Coast Guard was very busy.

Photos from Will and Ken's trip to the Exumas and back.

1 minute video of today's trip to Marathon. Lots of wind noise and beautiful water.

Key Largo

They made it to Miami Sunday, checked in with homeland security this morning and headed south for the Keys.  They are currently in Key Largo:

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Crossed the Gulf Stream today!

At 3:20 Eastern time they appear to be less than 10 miles from Miami!

Hunkered down in Bimini

The guys went almost all night to get to Bimini, but the weather turned bad and they had to stop early morning--so my last post was not accurate.  They did not get across the gulf stream.  They are waiting for a weather window but looks like it will be days.

Looks like crossing is underway!

Definitely going to have some tired sailors!  But I bet the weather window is closing for several days so they are making the run.


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