We finally broke free from Cooley's Landing. At 9am the first opening of the bridge saw 3 sailboats (Hi5, Cee Jem and Dharma) make their way through. We had to first stop at Las Olas Marina to pick up a package that had been delivered there. We did a Nascar pit stop on the sea wall at the marina. A quick tie up, a run into the office and back, untie...and go! We would be going out in the ocean today. It's been a while since we have been out there. Cee Jem have never been out and they are looking forward to putting at least one ocean passage 
before the big crossing. The sea was very calm and wind was under 10 knots - so quite uneventful. We saw, for the first time, the bottom of the ocean. The colour of the water has definitely changed. It's not 'Bahamas clear' but you can see detail at the bottom which show that we are going in the right direction. One thing that we did see was a large amount of pink jellyfish floating by. It was something I have never seen before. Connor also wanted to try fishing again. He was, again, successful. He pulled in, what we think was a small tuna (called a Little Tunny). We ended putting it back as it wasn't a very large fish but he was thrilled to have caught another. We pulled into the mooring field at Dinner Key Marina late afternoon. We will be here or a few days as the weather for crossing does not seem like it is suitable until, at least, next Monday.
before the big crossing. The sea was very calm and wind was under 10 knots - so quite uneventful. We saw, for the first time, the bottom of the ocean. The colour of the water has definitely changed. It's not 'Bahamas clear' but you can see detail at the bottom which show that we are going in the right direction. One thing that we did see was a large amount of pink jellyfish floating by. It was something I have never seen before. Connor also wanted to try fishing again. He was, again, successful. He pulled in, what we think was a small tuna (called a Little Tunny). We ended putting it back as it wasn't a very large fish but he was thrilled to have caught another. We pulled into the mooring field at Dinner Key Marina late afternoon. We will be here or a few days as the weather for crossing does not seem like it is suitable until, at least, next Monday. 
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