Marathon to Vero Beach
Since our last blog post, we spent two additional days in Marathon since the wind was still blowing. The Marlin Bay marina is a great spot to hang out for added time. Greg developed a sore back for no known reason, and fortunately there was a massage therapist working at the club on our last day. The combination of the massage and some time in the hot tub was ideal to allow us to get underway. We got away from Marathon Tuesday in somewhat lighter wind conditions. Although it was blowing from the SE and our route would supposedly be in the lee of the Keys chain, the shallow water dictates that one has to stick to the designated channel, which is still a number of miles from land and lots of fetch to pick up some wave action. Progressing along the route there are some small keys and sand banks that provide a bit of reprieve from the waves, but the boat still got pretty salty by the time we got to Elliott Key, at the south end of Biscayne Bay. This was a 70 mile run and a good star