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Key Largo

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Since leaving Key West, we have had a couple of very interesting experiences, including our first big "weather event".  We stayed an extra day in Key West after Tristan left, partially because we enjoyed it there, and partially due to still windy conditions which made for a not great travelling day.  We could have departed and anchored, but it was so easy at the marina, and made use of the nearby pool for the afternoon. Also forgot to mention in our previous post that the America 2 is there, which is a re-creation of the original America that won what became known as the America's Cup, the legendary sailing trophy, Our departure from Key West was somewhat melancholic as this was our furthest south-west point, and this represented the turn north on our travels.  We decided to run all the way back to Bahia Honda, near Marathon, as it was a fine day, and the interim anchorages hadn't been highly spoken of by other boaters.  We arrived at BH late afternoon, and had t