Hi Sam, There are lots of anchorages around the Keys, especially with a no-nothing draft such as yours! In the Keys, you don't need to locate an anchor marked on the charts to find an anchorage. It's so easy to find a place to settle for the night and just do so.
That's the beauty of shallow waters (and shallow drafts make it all the easier). Bayside is lovely and much calmer this time of year than Oceanside. Lignumvitae Key, Indian Key, historic and lovely with a very few complimentary mooring balls; Bahia Honda is a must if you haven't done it in a while. Lovely, quaint, huge park area for biking, walking, running...snorkeling and beaches, etc. In short, look to the State Parks for some really nice anchorages with wonderful amenities. Else, you can always find a little spot here or there that's totally quiet and sans cruisers--especially so on Bayside. By all means, stay outside to avoid the bridges at Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. If you go all the way through Biscayne Bay you can exit to the outside right there at Miami Beach. You'll be glad you did! 'bella tells ya right! Take a look at my website, Sam. "Adventures" section has a number of areas of interest. If you have any questions about a particular area, please let me know. The winter nasties are not quite gone...so be careful out there. We've been blowing a gale regularly down here. Never have had quite as cool a winter or Nor'easter-laden one as this one. But then again... that's s'ok! And YES! When you get down this way please let me know! It'd be wonderful to see ya Sam! Big Hugs, Charmaine Aboard s/v September Sea "Life's a Gift...Unwrap It!" - C~ www.SeptemberSea.com Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:22:43 -0400 From: Sam Densler <[email protected]> Subject: [Liveaboard] Florida Keys trip To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Preparing to bring Lady of the Lake back around to Melbourne from SW Florida. Brought her over via the Okeechobee Waterway but have the time to bring her back through the Keys. Looking for recommendations of places to visit, specifically anchorages. Also interested in a proposed path through the Keys including where we should cross over to the outside to avoid Miami and Ft. Lauderdale bridges. Want to be outside prior to that mess but not sure if we cross over in the Keys or wait until Biscayne Bay. Opinions are appreciated. BTW, in case there are any limitations, she is: 47 ft air draft 2 ft 10 inch draft 18 ft 3 inch beam Thanks in advance, Sam -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 03/25/09 12:09:50 To: [email protected] Subject: Liveaboard Digest, Vol 19, Issue 42 Send Liveaboard mailing list submissions to [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Liveaboard digest..." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:22:43 -0400 From: Sam Densler <[email protected]> Subject: [Liveaboard] Florida Keys trip To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Preparing to bring Lady of the Lake back around to Melbourne from SW Florida. Brought her over via the Okeechobee Waterway but have the time to bring her back through the Keys. Looking for recommendations of places to visit, specifically anchorages. Also interested in a proposed path through the Keys including where we should cross over to the outside to avoid Miami and Ft. Lauderdale bridges. Want to be outside prior to that mess but not sure if we cross over in the Keys or wait until Biscayne Bay. Opinions are appreciated. BTW, in case there are any limitations, she is: 47 ft air draft 2 ft 10 inch draft 18 ft 3 inch beam Thanks in advance, Sam -- **************************** Sam Densler mailto:[email protected] http://www.islandfx.com/lady S/V Lady of the Lake PDQ 36, Hull #15 Melbourne, FL S/V Stories She Could Tell Endeavour 37, Hull #454 Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 Reborn and sailing again in 2007 **************************** "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, you do it for the stories you can tell." Jimmy Buffett "Stories We Could Tell" A1A ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:46:03 -0400 From: ahmet erkan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Boat Projects link To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:01:59 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Liveaboard] Boat Projects link > > > Forwarded from a post on the Endeavour Owners Forum, worth a look: > > http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/boat_projects > > Sam > > > > > > -- > **************************** > > Sam Densler > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.islandfx.com/lady > > S/V Lady of the Lake > PDQ 36, Hull #15 > Melbourne, FL > > S/V Stories She Could Tell > Endeavour 37, Hull #454 > Destroyed by Hurricane Frances 2004 > Reborn and sailing again in 2007 > > **************************** > > "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, > you do it for the stories you can tell." > > Jimmy Buffett > "Stories We Could Tell" > A1A > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_032009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.liveaboardnow org/pipermail/liveaboard/attachments/20090325/5f127b5d/attachment-0001.html ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:08:29 -0400 From: "'bella" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Florida Keys trip To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Dito on that... the anchorage to the immed south and east of the bridge.. just outside the channel into boot key proper is most excellent... last trip up to miami..we dropped the hook amid crab pots on the backside of the the channel 5 bridge.. no one but us... don't know your depth.. but coming out of the channel 5 channel do not cut the corners... NO idea where in SW Fla you are..but one can make Boot Key from Cape Romano in a LONG day sail... use the Bullard bank light as one waypoint.. coming north from channel 5... Rodriguez Key another overnighter.... then hit the west side of Key Biscayne.. you can anchor outside No Name Harbor.. it gets a bit rolly about 4am what with the charter boats going out but it is deep... OR you can run across Biscayne Bay under the MacArthur Causeway bridge hang a right into the watson key anchorage... IF you want to avoid the bridges leave back out under the MacArthur and out Gov't Cut... left/north past Fort Liquordale and you are home free... can I be jealous? great time of the year to be sailing in the keys... just warm enough to comfortable and past the winter nasties... It is currently 49 degrees here... 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