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"Mark Davis" wrote:

Hey all...

My wife and I are planning to take our boat on a cruise through the keys
this March and wanted to start around Everglades City in South Florida...
We were thinking of Island Hopping on the way down to Key West and then
working our way back up.

Anyone done this? Any experiences would be great to hear. I am trying to
figure out where to put in, so any ideas there would be great (we would like
to put in on the south west side).

What kind of boat?

I'm assuming some kind of trailerable power boat with not too deep a
keel?

Also, what do you mean by "working our way back up"? Back up to
Everglades City? Up to Miami?

How long to you expect to take, and what time of year?

I do not know anything about the west side of FL because it's a bit
shoal over there for us. We have gone down the intercoastal to Miami
and then down Hawk Channel to Key West.

It would be pretty easy to go up the ICW from Key West (on the ocean
side to Marathon and then cross over under 7 mile bridge and go up the
ICW on the Gulf/Bay side. Or, my SIL can get from Miami to Marathon
in his boat (27 ft power cat with twin engines) in 4 hours. (It takes
us about 2.5 days)


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