Sailing Nomad: Manatee Explosion, Dolphins and Amazing Sailing Key Largo, Key West, Captiva Island

Nomad is a sailing kayak (or paddlable sailboat!) of my own design.Show more

Continuing our trip from Pensacola, we had some adventures paddling and sailing off of Key Largo, Key West, and off of Captiva Island.

Deb and I were quietly watching some Manatee, which started coming under the boat...trying to quietly backpaddle out of their way we surprised them, and the result was amazing!

Dolphins did me the honor of swimming with me for a while sailing in the same waters.

I enjoyed meeting up with Randy Morrow again at the spot he shared with me years ago in the lower keys and also the fine sailing there off of Cudjoe Key.

And we were able to rendezvous with our children and grandchildren and do some paddling and sailing off of Captiva Island with them.

Part of the series Sailing Nomad and Sailing These Homemade Boats by Doug Rudy.