Sailing South aboard Lucy III: 2020-21 (Part III - returning North)

Crandon Park Marina, Key Biscayne, Florida:  March 31, 2021

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Sailing up Biscayne Bay at 6.8 knots with Sue at the helm.

We spotted Fiddler's Green to Starboard.

The view from the deck of Carol and George's condo in Key Biscayne.

Marc-  We awoke to another day of 93 % humidity.  This was quite unpleasant even if the temperature was only 77 degrees at 07:00.  Michael raised his anchor and then came over to raft up for coffee and breakfast.  Michael soon had good news on our search for a safe place to hole up for the cold front coming through this weekend:  The Crandon Park Marina.  We split the raft and I pulled up the anchor with Sue at the helm.  Soon Sue was at the helm as I unfurled the genoa.  Our speed increased to 6.6 knots and rose to 6.8 knots at one point with a Southeast wind of 15-20 knots.  It took us four hours to arrive at Key Biscayne.  The waters of Biscayne Bay were beautiful in visibility and color.  The many shades of blue here are incredible.  At one point I saw a large sea turtle as we crossed its intended path.  The turtle simply dove deeper.  Boat traffic here was greater and different than in the Keys.  We encountered several go fast boats.  Two of those boats were of the "cigarette" design.  A third boat was a very fast catamaran that seemed to barely touch the water surface.  

In the late afternoon we joined with Michael to go out for a light dinner and to go to the local Winn Dixie supermarket.  Although we started out on foot we decided to wait for the bus when we encountered the first bus stop.  We boarded the bus and after a few minutes Michael realized that he was sitting next to George, his brother John's brother-in-law, surprise is an understatement of the reaction.  George invited us all to his home after checking with Carol.  Their condominium is very nice and the view from their unit in the upper floors of the building is astounding.   On the sizable balcony you look out over Crandon Beach, the ships coming and going from Government Cut into Miami Harbor and the Atlantic.