Back in Marathon

It was a beautiful morning so Kinvara left the dock at 7AM and proceeded out of Key West Bight Harbor. It was too early for boat traffic so we had the seas to ourselves for a while.  We went past a large Carnival cruise ship docking for the day. There is at least one cruise ship in this port every day.  Once Kinvara turned east toward Marathon, the sun was rising, the winds were blowing a balmy 12knots and the seas were choppy...apx. 1' waves.  As we got further east the wind picked up to 13-14k from the east and the waves increased 2-4' every time we came out from behind the reefs.  Our total trip today was 6.5 hours. We paid for a month in Marathon, which finishes tomorrow so we had the mooring ball to return to.  As we motored slowly to the mooring a dolphin came swimming alongside and rode in our bow wave before dipping underneath and moving on. It was an exciting return! We await the weather tomorrow to see if we leave to head back north again.