Key West to Fort Myers via Marco Island and Naples
We extended our stay in Key West for 3 days, due to wind of course. The final 3 days were fun though. We did have to move to a different dock location and it was nice to give us a slightly different perspective on the harbour. I also got a chance to launch the dinghy to test the steering repair in the water. And we had manatees visit very close to the boat. We departed Saturday, Feb 5th with a spectacular travel day to cross Florida Bay, which is really the south-east extension of the Gulf of Mexico. The run to Marco Island is about 85 miles and a longer day than we like to put in, so we chose to anchor overnight in Little Shark River which is about half-way, but does add miles to the overall trip. We arrived late afternoon and were the 5th boat to anchor in the entrance but with lots of room. What I didn't realize is that we were anchoring at pretty much low slack, but put out more than 100' of chain in 12' deep water. After dark, once the tide was flooding, the cu