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American Spirit II - Day 5; Stuck in the Dry Tortugas; Wednesday, January 8,2 014



It's a dreary day. Low clouds, wind still in the upper 20,s; and the fishing fleet swinging with us. Even though we're anchored, the navigation system is on so that we can set an anchor alarm. If the boat drags anchor beyond a certain radius that we set, an alarm will sound. It sounds occasionally, not because we're dragging anchor, but because are swing arc is changing as the wind direction changes.

The fast catamarans and sea planes that come every day to the Dry Tortugas from Key West, 70 nautical miles away, didn't come today. No surprise there.

The day was spent reading, looking at weather faxes, and after dinner, watching the latest Star Trek movie, Into Darkness.

Lights out 10:30 PM.

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