We again were looking for a good weather window to travel up north to Miami area. The winds have been blowing constantly 20 – 25mph. We saw a small window for Monday Jan 29th. We decided to get to Marathon and then hold up for a few days until the next good window. We could then travel north in Florida Bay which is more protected waters from the winds, so it should be less bumpy. We had our last shrimp in Key West.
We left Stock Island Marina ahead of a rain storm. We could see it behind us, but we were heading into clear weather. The waves were 3-4 feet and we only had to travel for 4 hours. We made it with no rain until we were about 15 miles from the next marina.
Then it down poured on us and the wind kicked up as well as the waves. Boner did not like it one bit. The crab traps were hard to see and on top of that we hit some rope or something that was floating in the water that we did not see. Now we had a vibration in the port engine and it was hard to steer with the port prop. The rain lasted about 30 minutes and then clear blue skies were upon us. Captain Ron says: its just a squall they come on you fast then leave you fast! The wind calmed down just in time for us to get refueled and docked. We decided to return to Faro Blanco where we spend the month of December since it was on the Florida Bay side and then from here we will travel up to Miami in a few days.
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