Had a long day yesterday but a great day. Put on 70 miles but the ocean was basically flat, clear and the temp 80 and neither of us got sunburned. Currently at New Harbor channel at an anchorage and will pull out and head for Key West, only 25-30 miles away. This spot was pretty much ground zero for Hurricane Irma and it shows. The thing it reminds me of is a forest fire. The mangroves are all leafless and stubby. We are out a bit so it's tough to see evidence of structural damage, but the docks that we can see are trashed. Coming into anchor yesterday we saw a new and fairly rare bird, a long tailed jaeger. Didn't get a picture but the identification was clear. The trip down the keys was in water about 12-25 feet deep. The shelf is about 4 miles wide to the drop off and the entire trip down, we could see fishing boats out right on the edge fishing the drop off. Weather permitting, the ride back up we may troll that edge.
Engine hours 4816.1
Genset hours 5432.8

Views of a flat sea

Sunrise off Rodriguez Key

Sunset at New Harbor

Hurricane ravaged island we are anchored behind