Marine Stadium in Miami - at anchor

It’s a beautiful sight - Marine Stadium is open again!

 When we rounded the corner after passing under the Rickenbacker Causeway, we saw a lot of boats anchored outside the mouth of the Marine Stadium anchorage. Oh no, we thought, the anchorage is still closed. However, as we got closer, we saw dozens of boats anchored inside. The anchoring restriction must have been lifted and the ones outside haven’t yet had a chance to move back inside. That’s fine with me! 

On the other hand, we had a severe thunderstorm warning - coming right at us - but it missed!

We found our favorite spot deep into the anchorage and nearby a convenient shore for Hoolie relief. We put out way too much rode (90 ft of 3/8” BBB) for the 10 ft of depth with winds less than 10 kts but we feel secure. 

Later that afternoon, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued and the sky looked dark but it missed us. It’s strange that we had such high winds for two days straight and now we have just the opposite with winds less than 10 kts all day and the same forecast for Saturday when we’ll take the outside route to Ft Lauderdale. It feels good to start moving again!