No more South Beach for us!

OK, we have had enough of the dirt, noise, sirens and tour boats which one has put up with while living in the middle of a busy city.  Nati's decks are filthy.  You could clean them everyday and you would wake up in the morning and they would be dirty again.  Just think……we have to breath the same air!  It sure doesn't do you any good, that's for sure.

So……

• Nati has her new 200 feet of chain installed.  Its looks and handles great!
• We have new jam cleats installed on the mast for the lazy jacks that should speed up working with the system.
• We are fully stocked (we have lots of stuff!) for the Bahamian crossing.  Now all we have to do is get there.

Right now we are anchored back in No Name Harbor.  We had to get out of S. Beach. It's so much  quieter here.  If the window to cross happens soon we are staged in a perfect place to head over.  If we have to wait too long we'll go down Biscayne Bay to hide out.  NO MORE Miami!

Take a look at our neighbor the other day.  It's a new way to do the "stand up paddle board".  Look close…..the picture isn't great but that is dad with junior on his shoulders.  Notice the lack of any life saving apparatus on them!!  Where is the safety patrol when you need them??  The other picture depicts all the "stuff" they brought with them for the day.  They have a center console boat, 1 SUP, 1 jet ski (which by the way only goes in tight circles, mostly around sailboats nearby) and a couple of other float type toys.  So I was very happy for them to leave at sunset……

Heading west towards Miami!

Stuff, everywhere

The next picture is of one of the tour boats.  20-30 feet across ours bows give them plenty of room for a mistake.  To think the person driving this boat is a LICENSED CAPTAIN!

LOOK OUT!

Enough venting.  I better get over to the clean beautiful waters of the Bahamas.  Gringo land is getting to the both of us…