hello folks- im thinking of sailing from mia to key west, end of october-
anyone have any favorite anchorages and marinas on the way?favorite bars etc
jim
ps i draw 3.5 ft

(Gammara2) wrote:

hello folks- im thinking of sailing from mia to key west, end of october-
anyone have any favorite anchorages and marinas on the way?favorite bars etc
jim
ps i draw 3.5 ft

We can only go down Hawk Channel side but you should be able to do the
bay side - lots of places along there. I understand that there are
moorings off Lignumvitae Key and you can go ashore Thursday through
Monday and take a park service tour.

You can also get in to Boot Key harbor (Marathon) through Sisters
Creek. Dockside is the favored cruiser's hangout there. Also
Burdines on the other side of the harbor.



grandma Rosalie

used to be very little on the web & I created a site :

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/cruisingkeywest/

while some of the info is timeless you can see from my ref to
Hurricane Georges
that I don't update much ( or just add and don't remove) since I
created that site two other sites have grown and become good resources
:

marathon power squadron

http://www.bootkeyharbor.com/power_squadron.htm

FKNMS

http://www.fknms.nos.noaa.gov/


Hurricane Charles hit the Tortugas & AFAIK they are closed till
further notice

Rosalie B. wrote in message . ..
(Gammara2) wrote:

hello folks- im thinking of sailing from mia to key west, end of october-
anyone have any favorite anchorages and marinas on the way?favorite bars etc
jim
ps i draw 3.5 ft

We can only go down Hawk Channel side but you should be able to do the
bay side - lots of places along there. I understand that there are
moorings off Lignumvitae Key and you can go ashore Thursday through
Monday and take a park service tour.

You can also get in to Boot Key harbor (Marathon) through Sisters
Creek. Dockside is the favored cruiser's hangout there. Also
Burdines on the other side of the harbor.



grandma Rosalie

Tortugas to reopen Wednesday, heres what todays Citizen says:

"LOWER KEYS

Fort to reopen Wednesday

The cleanup of safety hazards from destruction caused by Hurricane
Charley Aug. 13 at Dry Tortugas National Park and Fort Jefferson has
been completed.

The park service has scheduled reopening to visitors of the park and
the fort for Wednesday.

Charley downed 100-year-old trees, damaged a moat wall and docks, and
filled waters with debris, forcing the park service to order immediate
closing while crews repaired the damage and cleared debris.

Tours to the Dry Tortugas also will resume Wednesday."




Hurricane Charles hit the Tortugas & AFAIK they are closed till
further notice

If you get down this way (key largo) and need some info call me. EMail me off
list for my cell.

Sterling