Anyone heading north from Key West

[Yellow Brick Road]

We are heading for the west coast of Florida from Boca Chica. It would be fun to convoy together, if anyone is heading that way. Leaving on the morning of FEB. 27th. 42 foot Jefferson trawler. 8-9 knots. Best, Davis and Carla.

 

[DavidM]

I have done that leg several times. If you are going outside, out the NW Passage and then straight up to Marco Island, it is about 100 NM. You will have 11-12 hours of daylight at the end of February. If you want to make it before dark, I would push your cruising speed up to 9+ Kts to make it comfortably. I would not want to enter Big Marco Pass after dark.

Or if you want to do say 8.5 Kts, then leave Boca Chica before sunup. I would much rather navigate Boca Chica Channel and the south shore of Key West in the dark than Big Marco.

David

 

[Yellow Brick Road]

Thanks. Good advice. We're planning to leave
around 6 AM. Tired and dark...not a good combination.

 

[Steve]

Little Shark River is not a bad stop if you want to break up the trip.

 

[k9medic]

Well said David. KW is a lot easier to navigate in the dark than Marco is.


Is Marco your destination? You could probably push up to Sanibel too.