Dry Tortugas - furthest point from home on our loop.
We left Marco Island for the Dry Tortugas 5/28 on a beautiful calm, clear and sunny day. Auto pilot ran us straight to our entry point 110 miles away. Captain Kraker enjoying autopilot. Nice to have a great first mate who really makes ship happen. It got calmer as we closed in on the Tortugas. We ran the old autopilot and it ran a straight line. Dead calm. Cruised nicely at 1800 rpm and 19 mph Loggerhead Key lighthouse. Fort Jefferson on our way in. Ditto. Made it in with over 1/2 tank of fuel and less than 75 miles back to Key West. Anchorage first night - 33 boats. Beautiful calm anchorage. Great margaritas and vermillion snapper we caught in Florabama for our first evening. Enfield rifle and various sized canon balls. Foot for comparison. Shooting points from every position. Fire pots from each window. Some of the cannons were big! It is a long way to the water from the rim. Rifled canons Rotational canons. Lots of bog tarpon! The interior is huge. Spiral staircase in each of the si