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Article: Charting Key West
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- The Out Traveler
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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An unparalleled yachting adventure begins at the end of the glorious Overseas Highway
KEY WEST, FIa., is an attitude, a watcrcolor, a sea chantey. It is drag queens and pirates, artists and writers, treasure hunters and happy dykes. Hut first and foremost, it is an island. Hrorn its earliest days its evolution has been intertwined with the sea. It was once North America's busiest port as well as the wealthiest city per capita in the United States (circa 1828-1860). Its natural deep-water harbor made it perfect for ships carrying supplies from l-urope, Africa, and South America. But its coral reel, the only living reef in North America, made the passageways perilous. One man's misfortune was ...