Captain’s Log – Sat 5/10/25
The wind really picked up overnight and the calm place we anchored at turned pretty bouncy overnight. It was convenient for where we wanted to go diving today but really didn’t have any shelter. It was too rough to go out to the reefs again this morning so we decided to sail down to Tavernier Cay where we could tuck behind a little island to get some shelter from the southern wind and waves. This should be much better tonight as it’s supposed to get even breezier. The southern wind made for a great sail here. It was 15kts, gusting to 18 on a close reach. I had the 155% headsail reefed to about 100%. I’ll take a great day sail over a bad day of diving any day.
Tavernier is just SW of Key Largo. This key provides a little better southern wind protection than Rodriguez Key. There is also a little sandbar that had several boats hanging out there having fun. I also noticed Blue Water Marina here. You can only get in and out there at high tide but it appears popular for sailboats. Making a note for future reference. There is a restaurant called Snappers about halfway between here and Rodriguez Key. Will have to try that sometime, reviews looked good.
Since diving or snorkeling at the reefs didn’t look good, we just dived at the anchorage and cleaned Hula Girl’s bottom. It’s been about 5 weeks since I cleaned her in the Abacos and she definitely needed it.
There was a gorgeous classic sailboat anchored next to us. It has a wood cabin and mast, looks well cared for. ❤️
The nice thing about cleaning the bottom here was that I could just walk along the sea floor to clean the keel! It was only 7’ deep at low tide. That job done, it was time for today’s craft cocktail, a raspberry mojito.
Since it is Saturday night, a date night, we felt a bottle of wine and a steak dinner were in order. This was the last of the KC strips in the freezer. I better start actually catching some fish soon! We had a bottle of Caymus Bonanza Cabernet, which has quickly become one of my favorites.
Plans for tomorrow are a bit up in the air. I’m not hopeful that the weather will be any more conducive for going to the reefs than it was today. The Southern wind is just the wrong direction for visiting the reefs.
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