Saturday, June 16, 2007

Key West - we're home 6.16.7



our ship Hakuna Matata. (back left corner)


nightfall during passage. sunrise Key West after sailing all night.
every hour a plane landed from key west. also every 2 hrs a large ship of tourists from K.W. $140 round trip.






'Hakuna Makada' - Craig's boat




Saturday night 7:30pm Marathon Florida. we made it back about 4:30pm.

we took an 'overnight' sail from the Dry Tortugas to key west. left at 5pm and got into key west at 6am. it was exciting! Craig took time away to sleep and left Angela alone on deck to brave the big big ocean. it started with mirror smooth water then about 1am a storm blew up from Cuba (~60 miles south) and the waves picked up along with the wind. we did a "zero to sixty" kind of turn by raising the sails and sailing!

NOTE: in the photo of 'plane/fort/boat' the small (tiny) boat was a bunch of Cubans who landed at the fort for asylum, the day prior to our arrival. (if they land on US shore without being stopped, they stay.)

have to go run out and grab dinner now. very hungry from the trip.

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