Last weekend was the Tradewinds Regatta but with the weather as crazy as it is we only had a chance to drive up and see the gang on Saturday. They had two days of racing as Sunday it was blowing the dogs off the chain and nobody left the beach. Tom & Herb did really well. There were plenty of "top shelf" sailors in all fleets so those who finished in the upper echelon deserve an "attaboy".
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| It has been a while since we have seen this. |
Right now we are in the middle of the latest of many cold fronts passing through the Keys. With the jet stream so far south we are getting lows forming in the Gulf of Mexico and barreling across the Florida peninsula at full speed. It seems we are getting one every third day and it's getting a little old. At least the latest one came through in the daylight and we could see who was dragging and who was behaving. We thought we would be up all night last night but for some reason the winds behaved. Key West had plenty of wind, Long Key Bight had wind but Boot Key (in the middle) didn't have anything over 18kts. So......we hung around until midnight and then hit the sack. Thank you wind gods!
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| This has been the norm lately! |
Today the winds have returned to the upper 20's and we are having an occasional squall but again, its during the day. No going to shore for us but maybe tomorrow we can catch a playoff game.
If we ever get a sunset again I'll post it...........right now its all clouds, wind and rain....just your average vacation weather......Not!
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