• Sail the Keys
    Looking West, you can see where we've been anchored at Tavernier Key.
    The southern bit of Key Largo. You can't see town from here.Rodriguez Key anchorage, with two beached sailboats on the right. Sometimes there are 30 boats hereView of the channel coming into the marina.

    Rodriguez Key

    May 14, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F

    We’ve been hunkered down at Tavernier Key for 5 days, ever since we returned from Molasses Reef and found water in our saildrive (boat transmission). This means that the seals have failed and we’ll need to pull Ashling out of the water for replacement. We made an appointment for tomorrow to haul out, and we’ll need to use the high tide at 6:11am to get across shallows leading to the marina’s lifting well. We moved just a few miles north to Rodriguez Key, where we are anchored about 1nm from the marina.

    Oofh! I measured the water depth leading into the marina, about 2 hours past low tide. Mostly 3-4 ft, but a few spots showed 2.5 ft. Gonna be skinny water tomorrow!    Read more