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Where have all the sailboats gone?We left Palm Beach on a run at 16:30 Dec 18th in 3-5 foot seas and stayed 1/2 mile off shore. Every time we strayed more than a mile the water temp increased 1-2 degrees and the swells grew and the period shortened. Each time we lost about a knot by being out there. In the early evening we were making over 6 knots wing and wing but as the night wore on the wind went down from 20Knots to 10 and we could barely keep 4 knots. That also made the swells more uncomfortable. We were on our way to Marathon and as we approached Miami I checked windy.com. We were slated to arrive with over 12 hours to spare before the thunderstorms hit Marathon, but the forcast shifted to earlier and as well we were no longer able to keep 5 knots or more. I decided that if we were leaving Miami at that time for Marathon with only a 6 hour window for a 22 hour run that I wouldn't risk it. So we pulled into Miami at sunrise. There were three HUGE cruise ships on there way in to the Goverment Cut as well as us.
