Geiger Key

Wednesday, February 12th

We departed Boot Key around 0730, stopping for diesel before exiting the channel. With favorable winds, we happily sailed westward reaching Shark Channel around 1430. Our anchor quickly set. 


Dinner was grilled lobster tails, steak, fresh green beans. Everything was delicious. I retired early.

Around 0200 we were awaken by the anchor chain against the hull. With an out going current and incoming breeze, the game was on. Imagine was all over the place. She couldn't decide which way to go. We slept the remainder of the night in the cockpit. At sunrise, it seems as if we may have dragged anchor but very little if at all.

The NOAA forecast was not promising for continuing to Fort Jefferson, and we decided to return to Boot Key for safe harbor and to undertake repairs. More on that in a later post.

After setting anchor again in Boot Key, we checked in with the marina and quickly gathered our gear for the full moon dinghy drift on Sister's Creek.






The last I heard was that there were 51 dinghys in the raft. Returning to Imagine, we prepped for tomorrow morning's honey-do list. 


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  1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM

    It reads, and by the looks of the pic, you guys are in heaven. All is well here. The days have been doom and gloom (cloudy and rainy). Still plugging away with opening the coffee shop; plumbing should start soon. The podcast is coming together but slowly; keep running into upload issues with the platform as well as tying all the ads together (YouTube/Goggle/Etc.) Hopefully we'll get there. I'll try to upload a episode/trial-run... See you soon - Walt

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM

    file:///C:/Users/Deerfield/OneDrive/Desktop/Podcast/Episode%201%20Introductions.mp4

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