Sailing "No Keys": Ft. Lauderdale

We were up early, listened to our weather forecasts and headed south via the ICW. Ft. Lauderdale is the city of boats, canals and mansions. It’s nice to see and makes you wonder – Who lives there and what do they do for a living? We arrived at the Sunny Isle Bridge around 2:15pm and anchored in the little bay just north of this bridge. This will give us the protection we need from the north wind. Along the shores of Ft. Lauderdale there is lots of construction and tear downs of mansions. After a great evening and a great sleep, we decided that we had enough of doing the bridges. So, we did the last 3 bridges and headed out to the Atlantic Ocean and our next stop would be the Port of Miami.

We had a great sail! As we turned into the Port, there are rules here too. If there are more than 2 cruise ships tied up you cannot use Government Cut and therefore you must go around the long way. This was our trip in.