7/9 Wednesday

[Whitey]

Originally Posted by Unimog Bob

It's been crazy wind for sure. Each of the last 3 days at about 1pm has gone to 18-20 or so until about 4pm. Pretty unreal for the summer.

The fastest currents we get down here occur at Egmont Key and hover around 4 knots at their peak during new/full moons. That's crazy fast water.

6 to 9 knots must be a Florida record. I wouldn't want to break down in that.

It is the fastest I have seen here. All of the sand they dredged up has moved into the pass and it is necked down pretty tight right now. Couple of days ago we had the boat anchored just on the edge of the sand bar and the pass waiting for the wind to fill in, the current was screaming. It was hot so we took a swim. None of us could swim fast enough to stay with the boat, we could bearly stand up in knee deep water. So Hank says let's water ski. We hooked up the ski rope to the anchored boat and took turns trying to ride on the glide behind the anchored boat. Wasn't pretty.