Carpe Diem II, aground?

I m anchored off the key Biscayne sandbar about 3/4 mm from the 150' Trinity carpe Diem II, in a spot where you don't really expect to see a boat that size... Early on they were two towboats around and she now appears to be swinging on. The hook. The AIS track shows her as having run aground earlier, quite a bit outside the cape Florida channel, possibly refloated on the rising tide

Mishaps asides, and I be seen a few on that sandbar, many people don't realize how unique Biscayne bay is... There is simply nothing else like it in the US. Sure there are some great spots along the east coast, many more scenic, but none offering protected navigable blue green water you can play in year round. It s my backyard, literally, and we enjoy it to the fullest. At night it offers spectacular sailing with an incredible skyline as the back drop

I just dont understand what they were trying to do as they were not only way out of the well marked channel but also attempting to take a channel that s marginal for their draft. MT shows an 8.5' draft I think and at low tide there is a 8' hump at the west end by the sandbar. By cape florida there are also a number of 8 to 9' MLW spots...

Looks like they got away with it, I saw them heading back north in the bay toward Miami beach late afternoon.

Funny thing is that today as we were heading out we saw them heading back out on the same track... But then turning around and anchoring at the sandbar.. . Odd... And they were underway with a bunch of fenders dangling of the stbd side, very amateurish