We left Burnt Store Marina about 10:00 on Friday morning for the planned 28 hour trip to Marathon Key on Selkie, my sister and brother-in-laws new to them Catalina 42 MKII. The wind was 15 knots out of the east and forecast to build to 20 knots so we were able to sail down the west coast of Florida past Sannabel Island and then Fort Myers Beach. As the winds increase during the afternoon, the autopilot decided to quit so we hand steered the rest of the trip. By evening, the winds had built to the upper 20s and shifted to a more south easterly direction making it difficult to sail so we furled the sails that were still out and motored the rest of the way to Marathon. During the night, we saw the wind touch 30 knots and the sea were 4 to 6 feet making for a bumpy ride. We arrived in Marathon a little after 13:00 on Saturday, cleaned up the boat, made some minor repairs to the rub rail and then rested. Sunday, the wind was out of the east so we motored east in Hawk Channel to Channel 5 where we went inside to the ICW and continued to the inside of Islamarado anchoring in Cowpens Anchorage, a beautiful spot. Monday we motored up the ICW to Crandon Park Marina on Key Biscayne with the skyline of Miami as a back drop. Tuesday, Myra and I got off the Selkie and flew back to the Chesapeake area on Wednesday. Selkie continued up the coast over the next 6 weeks arriving in Rock Hall in early July.