On the Move

We motor sailed down lower Biscayne Bay and Barnes Sound in 15+knots of wind to anchor off Alabama Jacks Restaurant. The holding is poor in grass there; it took us two tries to set the hook. Cantagree and Two If By See also made multiple attempts before succeeding. With five foot depths and 20+ East winds, I was a little nervous leaving the boat by itself. But all anchors held while we consumed plates of delicious Conch fitters.

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In the afternoon, we anchored in Blackwater Sound so that we could dinghy to the John Pennekamp Park today. Checking the NWS weather on the Internet after we got settled down, I found North winds predicted. This prediction didn't agree at all with NOAA o

r our current conditions, which were East winds. Since our anchorage provided no protection from the North, we decided to move three miles to Tarpon Basin which is protected on all sides.

With rain and thunderstorms predicted for the next few days, we may hide here for awhile.