Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 06:07:04 GMT, Rosalie B.
wrote:
The Boot Key bridge entrance is deep enough, but there is an electric
line over the entrance just past the bridge that would keep anyone
with a tall mast from going in there. It's the Sister's Creek
entrance that's iffy, although I have heard of someone with a 6 foot
draft doing it at high tide.

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Thanks. The mast on our new (to us) trawler tops out at just under 27
feet so should not be a problem :-)

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hoo...bum?.dir=/4f58

We hope to be cruising down to the Keys by winter and living aboard by
next summer. We'll look for you on the ICW.

Congratulations on your trawler

These are some pictures and text - the first about Boot Key Harbor and
then about things to watch out for, and the third about the various
marinas in Marathon.
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/49b92/#TL
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/b9e2a/8/
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/ba68d/d/

Unfortunately, we will not be going south on the ICW this winter - we
are putting the boat up and traveling by car. If you go to
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/48f2c/#TL and follow the links it
will tell about the trip up from the Keys to the Chesapeake this past
spring. Because it was so stressful, we aren't going to do it again.

It isn't all finished - I've got some photos to post yet, but I think
you can get the gist of it pretty well.

grandma Rosalie
http://www12.virtualtourist.com/m/4a9c6/