There's a Ball in Boot Key Harbor

A��dear friend, nurse, author, sailor, and licensed boat Captain��used to live aboard her sailboat at��Boot Key Harbor, here in Marathon FL.�� As I mentioned in a previous blog post, anchorages like this world famous one are just as surely communities��as is any neighborhood on shore.�� The picture of Boot Key Harbor above gives you an idea of the typical marina��layout.�� Each vessel is tied off to a floating "ball," which, in turn, is securely anchored to the harbor's bottom, and the "painter" on each