Since the winds continued to be out of the south (yes, when we don't want it to be...) we decide to make our way down to Ft Lauderdale and pull into Lake Sylvia for the night. The next day's forecast is for west winds going NW so it should provide a good sail. Into the lake we go and it is pretty full. Of the 18 boats inside, 8 are catamarans! The most we've seen all the way down so it was fun to have them all around us. On top of that, one of the new Leopards ended up to be our friends on the new "Darius", a Leopard 39. Last year they were on "old Darius", a beautiful Chatham 45. Now that is a change!!
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| Darius |
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| Lake Sylvia |
So, the next day both Darius and Nati head out of Ft Lauderdale and had a good sail down to Miami. It felt good to be back on the ocean. Clean water, warm water and NO bridges to go under!
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Going through Government Cut into Port Miami
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Since it was time to make sure we are provisioned for the crossing we pulled into our favorite anchorage in South Beach......near Star Island. Look who is there! Kismet, Passages and Mutual Fun..... now we have neighbors!
Since the window to cross isn't anytime soon we decided to go down to Alabama Jacks for the "best conch fritters in the world"! We had 3 days of good sailing .......... no engine noise for most of the trip.
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| our evening anchorage |
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| heading to Alabama Jacks |
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| now we are full.....food was great |
Time to head back north.....things to do and places to visit.............
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