{"id":4149,"date":"2015-02-19T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T14:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2015-02-19T14:30:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T14:30:15","slug":"home-has-cold-we-have-wind-wind-is-better-than-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=4149","title":{"rendered":"Home has cold, we have wind. Wind is better than cold!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Thursday morning and it\u2019s blowing like stink here in Key Largo.\u00a0\u00a0 The GRIB files that we download each day that provide predictions on wind were right on when they said that it would be fairly peaceful overnight but that the wind would abruptly pipe up to the high 20s around 04:00 today. \u00a0It did. \u00a0Long term forecasts of wind aren\u2019t of much value but when you get within 24-48 hours they are pretty accurate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We have decided to stick here for a few more hours and see if things moderate a bit but as we’d like to be in Marathon by Friday evening as the wind will then clock to the east which will make it quite uncomfortable for any areas exposed from that direction, which this entire area is.<\/p>\n

Yesterday we had a very nice run down from No Name harbor near Miami as the wind was quite variable going from the high teens to the mid 20s but as it was never forward of the beam, we were able to make good time under jib or genoa alone.<\/p>\n

Today we are hoping that things will calm down a bit mid morning so we can head out for the 40 mile run to Marathon.\u00a0 Having said that, we really don\u2019t particularly want to sail in winds piping up to the low 30s.\u00a0 That would be annoying.<\/p>\n

When we were leaving Miami a few days ago, Brenda snapped some great photos of the skyline as we motored away.\u00a0 It\u2019s amazing to see this many buildings crammed into such a small space and that there is enough money in the world to pay for them.\u00a0 Pretty dramatic view.\"\"<\/a>In lower Biscayne Bay there are still a few homes in what is known as \u201cstiltsville\u201d, a collection of rough homes, some from the 1930s, on, no surprise “stilts”.\u00a0\u00a0 There used to be many more but only those \u201cgrandfathered\u201d are there now. \u00a0It seems that if they are badly damaged in a storm, they can\u2019t be rebuilt.\u00a0 They look so remote out on the horizon. \u00a0They have an interesting and very colorful history as described here<\/a>.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span>As we made our way the 45 miles to Key Largo we were passed by a number of large motoryachts, probably on their way Key West.\u00a0 One in particular was a standout, this lovely old Trumpy.\u00a0 Very elegant.\"\"<\/a><\/span>I have to say that it was pretty tough to get our anchor to hold yesterday when we arrived here in Key Largo.\u00a0 Our plan was to anchor just outside of the harbor entrance in the lee of the island.\u00a0 As the bottom here is all covered with grass, we had a tough time getting our Rockna anchor to penetrate the bottom and hold well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a few tries, we found a sand patch and dropped the hook there.\u00a0 While we were able to get the anchor to stick the first time, it wasn\u2019t in enough to make me confortable knowing that the wind was going to pipe up today.\u00a0 The last thing I wanted to have happen would be to drag in the middle of the night.\u00a0 Well, it did get plenty windy and it held.\u00a0 It just shows that properly backing down on the anchor to be sure that it\u2019s secure is a good habit to get into.<\/p>\n

After anchoring we decided to head ashore for dinner and on the way we spied non-other than the African Queen, the boat from the movie of the same name.\u00a0 She was out on an evening tour with some paying passengers.\u00a0 I had heard that she was in Key Largo but wasn\u2019t expecting to see her first hand.\u00a0 She looks as shabby now as she did in the movie.\u00a0 Pretty neat, never the less.\"\"<\/a>Well, it\u2019s about time to get going on our way to Marathon.\u00a0\u00a0 If it proves to be too annoying with the wind we will stop part way and continue the rest of the way on Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0 I have heard that the mooring field in Marathon has been very busy so it\u2019s possible that with this nasty wind that we won\u2019t be able to get a spot and will have to anchor nearby.\u00a0 I guess we will have to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wind or not, I am pleased to have too much wind and temperatures in the 50s instead of single digit temperatures and snow. \u00a0Besides, cold or not, there are palm trees to remind me that this is supposed to be tropical even if it isn’t right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s Thursday morning and it\u2019s blowing like stink here in Key Largo.\u00a0\u00a0 The GRIB files that we download each day that provide predictions on wind were right on when they said that it would be fairly peaceful overnight but that the wind would abruptly pipe up to the high 20s around 04:00 today. \u00a0It did. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_s2mail":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4155,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4149\/revisions\/4155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}