Sailing "No Keys": March 2013

No Name Harbour, Key Biscayne

This can be an excellent anchorage almost in all wind conditions. When we arrived there were maybe a handful of boats. There were a few cabin cruisers and a few sailboats. The harbor filled up quickly over the next few days and it was party central on the weekend. There is a high end fish restaurant here, a laundry area and lots of picnic areas. This anchorage is part of the Cape Florida State Park and has one of the last lighthouses on the mainland of the USA.

Chris and I did a lot of walking here as our bicycles were still mounted on our Deck.

There are a lot of interesting greenery as you walk through the State Park. This is one old knarly tree and probably survived a lot of bad weather!

This lovely boat is called "Irock" it can be chartered out at a cool $25,000.00 US per week. Note this includes crew and a captain. It came twice while we were anchored here. The renters were Italian and had lots of wine, and meals served on deck. Just Google Irock and check out the interior. Sweet!

The sunset just before the night we left

This is our "Pet"! We received him for Christmas. He is clean, no poop, no taking the dinghy to shore 5 times a day in any weather. No barking, nor kitty litter. He hangs out and only lives on batteries! His only problem, he has a really foul mouth.....Like Polly wants a F****ing Cracker! Stuff like that. But what is a sailboat, without a Captains Parrot. Good thing Chris does not wear a patch, and has a peg leg!!!

Leaving Miami

After the cold front passed and being tossed around the harbor on the weekend, we decided to head to No Name Harbor to await out the next front. There were no cruise boats in Government Cut and the Railway Bridge was closed for repairs, we had to go the long way around.

South Beach, Florida

Earlier in February!

We are anchored just off of Belle Island in South Beach. There is a canal system here that allows you to go by dinghy to the grocery store and or a place to tie it up and go for a good exploring walk. Chris and I have been to South Beach many times and there is lot’s to see here.

Sunset over downtown Miami

The anchorages both here and in Miami are starting to get full of abandoned boats. Some places it is hard to get around them when the tide is low.

We only spent a few days here hiding behind a tall apartment building to get out of those wonderful cold fronts from the north. We walked the Lincoln Mall, visited the Apple Store and proceeded to Ocean Avenue to walk the beaches. The Old Miami Beach has the most interesting Hotels and Restaurants. A lot of these old hotels are in the process of being renovated. The streets were full! If you have that urge to go shopping, well this is the place.