Well, the wind has been relentless. We can’t stay here forever…or can we? No... hurricane season will be upon us soon, so must head back to the mainland. We did see a window coming up on the weekend of 4/1/22 and we made our way up to Key Biscayne. We gave ourselves time to go into town and reprovision. Ed made a plan to leave on Friday afternoon around 2:00 pm and sail up along the coast to St. Lucie Inlet. We had a few days to wait it out here, outside No Name Harbor. It was an interesting place, lots of people and boats to watch.
A couple of nice sailboats moving about in the anchorage
The Miami skyline was a nice backdrop for a few days
We positioned ourselves at the harbor to allow us an easy exit and got ready. The winds were 15-20kts, but our Wind Alert app showed them calming down by late afternoon and staying in the low teens from the South and Southeast. The seas were forecast to be calm.
This is a shot from the GPS showing how we have been swinging on the anchor, wind wind wind!
And then the weather changed and we lost our nice weather window. I am not comfortable in the rough seas (I get a little seasick), so Ed made the command decision to just go back up the ICW and deal with all the doggone bridges. We were getting tired of Miami and its madness and like we said earlier, we can't stay here forever. Time to go.
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