Leaving Florida Bay for Hawks Channel Photo Gallery by royalld at pbase.com

Leaving Florida Bay for Hawks Channel

When traveling the Florida Keys by boat you have two choices of routes.
You can travel the inside route through Florida Bay,
or you can travel the outside route, Hawks Channel, on the Atlantic Ocean.
We traveled the inside route from the Miami area.
Those of you who have been following the trip may remember our stops at Pumpkin Key, Key Largo and Islamorada.
Those were all accessable via the inside route.
There are only three cross-over points from Florida Bay (inside)
to Hawks Channel (outside), for a vessel the size of Shibumi.
After passing Lignumvitae Key on the bay side we decided
to move over to the ocean side via the second cross-over point, Channel Five, for several reasons.
First, we got tired of dodging lobster traps that were peppered throughout the bay.
Second, our next stop after Islamorada would be Boot Key Harbor in Marathon.
The entrance to the harbor is on the ocean side
Our final reason for swapping over to the ocean side was, it is better sailing
on the outside than in the narrow channels of Florida Bay.

See each image below for individual narrative.

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GUEST		26-Feb-2006 19:27
I LOVE THE PHOTOS, WE (MOM AND I ) ENJOY EVERY MOMENT YOU DESCRIBE AND PICTURES YOU SHOW . JUST KEEP HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME DAD AND MOM./

Robin Reid		26-Feb-2006 05:32
Wonderful scenes.

don nieman		26-Feb-2006 04:13
These really are very enjoyable photos. The sense of adventure and fun of sailing is very evident in them.

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