Its 120 miles from Miami to Marathon; a two day trip. Its better to go outside but the sea conditions prevented that so we took the inside route where the control water depth at low tide is as low as 5 feet. We traveled for miles with a foot or less of water under the keel. We never touched bottom but the venturi effect of rapidly moving water between the keel and the bottom slows the boat down and makes it harder to control. We anchored at Islamorada the first night with most of the shallow water behind us, moved on to Marathon and docked in Boot Key Harbour at the Sombrero Marina about 12:30 the next day. The pictures are of a manatee that apparently has been swimming around Boot Key Harbor for years. We saw this one about 30 feet from our dock. Our plan is to be here until the end of March.
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