Cabbage Key – stevenjen

Belated birthday lunch at Cabbage Key. A few more projects left to do.

jen — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:10:09 +0000

A shrimp jumped in the boat!

Anchored at Cabbage Key. Installing the anchor roller and finishing the windlass before continuing South.

jen — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:10:09 +0000

Home of the song Cheeseburger in Paradise.

Bad thunderstorm is blowing up. 30kt gust just now. 1 anchor out.

jen — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:10:31 +0000

Just finished situating the deck. Our anchor seems pretty set but we are swinging around a good bit. Anchor alarm is set and will alert us if we start dragging. In that event, we will need to brave the rain/ wind and reset the plow and deploy the second anchor. For now, we sit below with hatches closed, sweating. It’s hot in here!

Turtle on the trail. It walked with us for a second.

jen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:20:35 +0000

Cabbage Key cottage on the nature trail.

jen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:10:38 +0000

Nature trail at Cabbage Key. No cabbage though.

jen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:10:37 +0000

Rowed over to Cabbage Key for lunch and a nature trail hike. Island only accessible by boat or float plane.

jen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:40:39 +0000

Cabbage Key is made up of rental cottages and a restaurant/inn/marina. The main building is run on solar, has 6 fireplaces, 5 porches, a storm shelter and a rain water system with 25,000 gallon storage built into the reinforced concrete foundation. The main building was built on an Indian shell mound, 38 feet above sea level. Cabbage Key was bought for $2,500 in 1929 as a winter estate for Alan & Gratia Rinehart. Overnight dockage runs $1.85/ft. Showers are available to those who stay in the marina.

Cabbage Key cottages.

jen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:46 +0000

Anchored at Cabbage Key.

jen — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:30:47 +0000