Inside Route in the Keys

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10 years 2 months ago #4663 by stephbnd

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I'm planning to head south to Marathon from Miami over the next few weeks and am trying to decide between Hawk Channel and the inside route. I would prefer the inside route due to the additional anchoring options. We draw 5' and looking at the charts it looks reasonable, but the Waterway Guide book says that anyone drawing over 4.5' should go outside. Hayden, I know y'all took the inside route this year but draw a little less than us, how were the depths? Anyone have any advice on inside vs outside for a vessel drawing 5'?

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10 years 2 months ago - 10 years 2 months ago #4664 by hayden

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Stepehn:

We have made the run from Miami to Marathon 5 times now. Four times outside in the Hawk Channel going out at Angelfish Creek, This year was the first year we ran south on the inside. We liked it so much we came back that way. We did not see any issues and we did not see shallow areas. We never touched and we are over loaded so out 4.5 foot draft has to be closer to 5 than 4.5. We really liked it and we will do it again. The water is calm, that are many places to anchor and it looks like this could be a fun place to spend weeks. We ran Miami to Tarpon Basin off Key Largo. 55 nm. Then the next day we stopped short of Marathon at Jewfish Hole just past Channel five bridge on the north side. Many crusiers are anchored all over in the tarpon basin. That has much to offer.

If you get a great wx window and if you want to sail more, then use Hawk but the inside was great and we enjoyed it. I am glad I now know that as well.

Hayden in Bimini Bahamas

Hayden Cochran
IP35-165 Island Spirit
IslandSpirit35.blogspot.com
Rock Hall, MD

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10 years 2 months ago #4680 by stephbnd

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Ok thanks. I've noticed several places noted on ActiveCaptain where it looks like we'll have to be extra careful. Especially just south of Cross Bank in Cotton Key Basin between R78 and R84. I guess we'll just have to time it to come through close to high tide.

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