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previously

on sailing and fun the captain got busy

lowering and raising the mast on our

super versatile mcgregor 26x

so that we can duck under some of the

many bridges

in the florida keys and go sailing on

the bayside

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we managed to schedule some refitting

time on the catamaran

today we are installing a new bulkhead

over the existing bulkhead

it's like one project takes two months

well stop talking to me sorry

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and we cruised into a beautiful sunset

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the weather looks good for a day on the

reef so the captain hustles

us out so we can get a mooring ball he's

a little annoyed by all the lobster pots

along the way though

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now she's trying to dodge all these crab

pots why go in the cabin

and work on some things but it's like a

it's like a slalom fork

and the grass the sea grass gets caught

up hot on our motor and cavitates

so bring the pots to waves the wind

and the grass is pretty busy driving

good job now that's how you grab a

mooring line

concord

we've already seen a couple big turtles

on the way in

the town right now turtles

no no fish oh the tank

okay what'd you just see oh there's a

ton of rainbow carrots behind us

where um

no they're there

some parrots coming towards us and

this is about four three or four feet of

water

and uh they're just rainbow parrots

swimming right next to the boat you can

make out

their eyes

there's something scared towards us

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with the dive flag in place it's time to

jump in

we've we've got we've got the rare reef

noodle

captured it's rare noodle

is camouflaged by being the same color

as the water but

can't fool this snorkeler

stop talking so pretty from

in the water yeah it looks pretty

the tang are swimming by in front

between us after having lost one of our

biminis in a storm we ordered

another one really quickly you can see

with both

up we have the cockpit completely shaded

at high noon

and really throughout the day we have a

lot of comfort being in the boat and we

would not be able to enjoy it

as much without it don't know why but

it's a beautiful day ideal conditions

low wind low waves

low tide and there's hardly anyone

on the reef today kind of surprising

but uh we'll take it

there she is the distance out this far i

really should have a buoyant die flag

you can pick them up for around 30

for a little extra protection more tang

sown right by the boat while we're on

morning

mooring and it is still morning

and just absolutely ideal conditions

tang hunter looks like she's been

harpooned

not sure what happened but her injury

doesn't seem to be slowing her down

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okay well we just had a shark come up to

the boat

not sure what type it was about next to

us

believes it was a bowl because i think

it was i got a good look at it

as it was going through the grass looked

like it was six or seven feet

and just cruised out of sight into the

uh

to the grass line straight behind our

boat

so uh our fearless snorkel jumps in

every time

someone says shark it's not a healthy

reaction but

that's the reaction so that's what we're

doing right now

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all this right after we saw a shark

that was good oh my goodness how's the

pool today

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i guess it's not too interesting if it's

not coming to check it out

seas today were one to two feet

and this is the bay late afternoon

this smooth it's a lot easier to see the

lobster pots with the waves not crashing

against them and camouflaging them

sure is beautiful

in the scene

oh who's that who's that

what who's that i'm setting up the scene

wind is pretty low today so we're going

to head out in search of a sandbar

passing some beautiful real estate along

the way

the everglades national park wow hope

you all can see that

that's a piece of it anyway i believe

the everglades

national park are uh 20 000

acres although i am repeating that

having heard it

that is not something i read so i have

to get

get back to you on the accuracy of that

number

sounds like a lot i should have learned

by now not to repeat what i've heard so

what i found out was that the everglades

national park

is 1.5 million acres of wetland made up

of mangroves sawgrass marshes

and pine flatwoods and it's home to

hundreds of animal species

including the endangered leatherback

turtle the west indian manatee

and the florida panther

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a human eye can detect more shades of

green than any other color so

out here in the huge especially on the

bay side there's just a

myriad of greens

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that you're able to see

at low tide there are all these little

sand bars and places that you can just

stop and park your boat or at least we

can on the mcgregor because again the

draft is only 18 inches

so we take full advantage anytime we can

there's beautiful spots that are

secluded

and our own private little destination

for the day

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three

they're not so cute with a bikini but

water socks are a must

on these little sand bars there's a lot

of broken shell

and also some kind of hard grass and

plants underfoot so make sure you have

those handy

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here's another reason why water socks

are a good idea on sand bars and around

the islands

just a few feet off the boat this

southern stingray had buried himself

down into the sand

stepping on that barb on the end of his

tail would have been extremely painful

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