Winter Passage, Winter Tales--Part 3

We transit the Providence Channel through the Bahamas and enter the Gulf Stream Thursday morning, Feb. 1. By the strong north setting current we end up closing the Florida coast just north of Ft. Lauderdale and I discover that you have to get within the 100-foot line in order to escape the current and sail south to Cape Florida. We enter Biscayne Bay after dark and drop anchor. A few days later we work our way into the mooring field at Dinner Key Marina by a winding route that obliges us to put the outboard on the dinghy and use it as a push boat.