Thursday, March 06, 2014

Everglades Challenge: A Stormy Florida Bay Crossing

 The weather started getting rough, the tiny ships were tossed....

SandyBottom at the finish line 10pm Thursday 

The Stormy Crossing:  horizontal rain,  10 foot seas,  high winds
SPOT Track of Santiago crossing with SandyBottom and TideTraveler



Near Jimmy Key on Thursday at 7:00 pm
Red:     SandyBottom, Santiago and TideTraveler
Black:     KiwiBird's  track                                                   
Stopping for a half-hour break near Jimmy Key 


The radar at 12:50pm Thursday showed that the rain storms
were moving East to drench the kayakers
Two waves of wind and rain moving across Florida Bay
from west to east  Thursday afternoon and evening

Meanwhile back at the ranch,  DeadCat and others reached the finish line in spite of high winds and rough conditions.  LeewardLauren and WindwardMark arrived in their Kruger cruiser.   After a capsize in rough conditions, StripBuilder wisely called for Coast Guard assistance to reach Key Largo.

DeadCat finishing at the storm reaches Key Largo
Photo by Paula Martel

Amazing:  DeadCat is.... ALIVE !
Photo by DogsLife

LeewardLauren and WindwardMark  finish in the wind
Photo by Paula Martel

LeewardLauren and WindwardMark  finish in the wind
Photo by Paula Martel
LeewardLauren and WindwardMark  finish in the wind
Photo courtesy of Marcia Fry
LeewardLauren and WindwardMark  finish in the wind
Photo by Paula Martel
Coast Guard Boat  delivers  StripBuilder to the finish line
Photo by DogsLife
StripBuilder:  wise to be safe
Photo by DogsLife 








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