We had a great stay at the Anchorage Resort and Yacht Club In Key Largo… had a great late lunch at the Blackwater Siren next to the resort and spent a couple hours lounging in the resort pool… we really enjoyed the short time we were there. We left at approximately 0830 and headed north up Jewfish Creek… still very shallow water but not leaving trail behind us today.

The forecast was for 10-15 knot NE winds light chop… started out this way but soon the forecast changed, and the CG was announcing small advisory on the radio… 15 to 20 knot winds with gusts to 25 knots… moderate chop. Was not bad at all to travel in but would just love to have a nice calm day of cruising… been windy since we left a week ago.

A lot of boats out which was expected being a Sunday… nothing terrible until we reached Miami… then the crazies came out and it seemed like hundreds of them going every direction possible… stopping dead center of the channel… waking us as they plowed by… it was total chaos. The boat traffic really did not stop all day… a few slower areas but most were crazy busy… sand bars were packed with boats anchored or beached on the sand bar.

This coast has so many bridges.. once we reached Miami, we were in no wake zones most of the time… we don’t go that fast to begin with but idle speed is a whole lot slower… and the police boats were out and pulling people over for speeding… saw dozens of them… so we kept it slow.

We were happy to arrive to our destination for the night… Lake Sylvia in Fort Lauderdale… was not as many boats here as I was expecting and we were able to find a nice spot with adequate space from the other boats.

We arrived at approximately 1815 and were secure at anchor for the night at approximately 1830. Our Position for the night is N26°06.268', W080°06.731'. We traveled today for 10.0 hours covering 61 nautical miles averaging 6.0 knots.