We **meandered through the mangroves. It was Barnes Sound where we could **raise the sails** and run before a wind that was dead astern. I had to rig a preventer line to keep the mainsail from gibing (slamming across the deck) whenever the wind got behind it. At the end of the day we were anchored near Miami Beach. Almost immediately we were **visited by the Miami Beach police** whose job it was to tell boater's of the new city ordinance that permitted folks living aboard ship to only remain for 7 days. Not much of a welcoming committee, but we intend to leave within a week anyway. Too bad about the 7-day resstriction though, Miami is a great place to reprovision. There is a nice **canal system** that is easily negotiated by dinghy. I traveled the canals to the **UPS Store** to pick-up my new ac-adapter so I could breathe life back into my computer. We will wait in the Miami area until the wind changes enough to give us a decent ride northbound in the Atlantic Ocean. Yesterday's advisory, "Strong cold-front approaching. Boater's should seek safe harbor immediately". Those are the type advisories that I hardly notice when living ashore. But it gets my attention while living aboard our **44-foot semi-tropical island**.
