Nana & Nandad's Adventures!: February 24th to 26th

While watching the stars last night Nana was very excited to fine the cluster Pleiades which is also know as the Seven Sisters ( nana loved the book series The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley ). The cluster of stars are found in the Taurus Constellation in the North-West sky. Binoculars are needed and six of the stars are very bright - the seventh appears to hide! This picture is not the constellation but the moon from the open roof- very cool.

Wednesday morning Nana and Nandad woke at sunrise to get ready for the long crossing , 92 miles to Key West. The tide had dropped and we could clearly see a little island that was not visible yesterday when we can in - nice job Nandad of picking a good anchorage spot. The weather forecast indicated that we should have a calm crossing.

After four two hour watches, Nana is at the helm and can see land ahead. At 3pm NH approaches Ket West Channel and Nana is ready to hand over the helm to the Captain. A nice feeling after several hours out on the Gulf of Mexico with only a handful of boats noted along the way. The crab and lobster pots kept our concentration on alert.NH cruised into Fleming Key Cut passing the large US Coast Guard Station and found a nice spot to anchor out by the mooring field. The sand grass mix of the bottom and the change in tidal currents means we will need to be attentive.

Lots of variety of boats here in all kinds of shape, size and condition! Some look like a botanical garden, some look like a deserted ship, while others look pristine and ready to go. Ket West is obviously the spot to Jet Ski and right where we anchor provides lots of entertainment when the training school takes the large groups out. Nandad attempts to calibrate his drone however due to the proximity of the USCG , and that a boat is not the most stable spot to calibrate , he decides to wait until we move into a slip.

Thursday Feb 25th after a wonderful nights sleep Nandad has secured a slip over at the Key West Yacht Club which is right inside Garrison Blight. A shallow entrance, however with skill and patience the Captain proceeds with caution and by 12md NH is snug at her slip.A good feeling as the weather is supposed to bring some strong winds in the next few days. After a thorough wash down it is time to explore Key West on our bikes.