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 th...