Key Biscayne to Miamarina, Miami - March 22

We pulled anchor about 9 a.m. this morning. We only had a few miles to go to Miamarina in downtown Miami. There was another big kids race going on.

We arrived Miamarina at 10 a.m and got our slip. We had been here before when attending the Miami Boat Show. This was where the “Strictly Sail” portion of the boat show was located. Bayside Marketplace is a large shopping center here with many shops and restaurants. We had lunch at Bubba Gump’s Shrimp Shack. Check out the order of onion rings! Greg did some shopping for gifts for Jackson and Emma.

Check out the Banyon Tree. It is over 100 years old. Very unique. There was also live music in the pavilion.

It started raining about 3 in the afternoon. I think it may continue for the rest of the day. Thunderstorms had been forecast. We plan to go out for dinner tonight so hope it lets up a little.

Beth got better photos of the Miami skyline and bridges .

We had a minor accident with boat as we were leaving the pump out dock. I had to make a 90 degree turn to go down the channel. I didn't realize there was a large cross current in the marina from the out going tide. I didn't have enough speed on and the current together with the wind pushed me into a Large Cruiser at its dock . The rear corner of my starboard railing caught on his anchor and it popped the railing out of the stantion bases and bent it up pretty good. I plan on making some temporary repairs for now and having it permanently fixed when we get to Charleston.