Onward back up the Keys - anchored off Big Pine Key up to the end of Newfound Harbor to be close a dinghy landing late this afternoon. We were settled in and making sure the anchor was fully set due to the amount of wind, when a man passed by in his dinghy and informed us we would have to move. Turns out we had to retreat to the previous channel marker to anchor. No masted vessels could be up the harbor that far, due to a sailboat drifting into the power lines next to the US1 bridge last year and taking out the power to 2 islands. So, that took all of 10-15 mins. But, now we were pretty far from the dinghy landing with choppy water inbetween. Not wanting to get soaked going into land and back, we nixxed our plans to tour the island.
Just off Hawk Channel, at the entrance to Newfound Harbor, is Little Palm Island (also known as Munson Key on the charts). A luxury resort, resembling a Fijian island, now resides where the movie "PT 109" (boat President John F. Kennedy was assigned to in the Navy) was filmed. Even lowly cruisers may dine at the gourmet restaurant and leave our dinghies at the dock, if we have made reservations.
Tomorrow, we will be back on a mooring ball in Marathon waiting the delivery of a new refrigeration system.
Just off Hawk Channel, at the entrance to Newfound Harbor, is Little Palm Island (also known as Munson Key on the charts). A luxury resort, resembling a Fijian island, now resides where the movie "PT 109" (boat President John F. Kennedy was assigned to in the Navy) was filmed. Even lowly cruisers may dine at the gourmet restaurant and leave our dinghies at the dock, if we have made reservations.
Tomorrow, we will be back on a mooring ball in Marathon waiting the delivery of a new refrigeration system.
Resort on Little Palm Island
