Palm Beach- Lake Worth

Where on puts one's thirty feet tender

That is a mast sticking out of the water.

That is a helicopter on the quarter deck.

Ocean Avenue Bridge, Delray, Florida.

We slipped our dock lines this morning at 0900 (and the shore power) bound for Lake Worth, which is on the ICW. The morning was hot, very hot without any breeze whatsoever. We had ten bridges between our start and our anchorage. We worked on timing today and hit all but two on time with no wait. Not sure it is was superior planning or just dumb luck. Methinks the latter is more accurate. We had the ICW to ourselves today until we got to Lake Worth inlet. The inlet is a combination of commercial dockage and hidey holes for folks waiting for a weather window to cross the Gulf Stream and get to the Grand Bahamas. Sailing boats are everywhere around Lake Worth.

We started calling bridges but different bridges answered sometime. As it turned out there was another Y Knot underway south bound. We met them between two bridges and I am sure there might have been a moment or two of confusion on the tenders parts.

The trip today was uneventful except for that lop eared prop we have. It rattles a bit at slow speed but does not seem to vibrate much. We arrived at the anchorage at 1330 and actually thought about going on futher. The big question is whether or not to anchor out in this heat. Although we have the capability to run our a/c at anchor, it requires the generator. We decided to anchor out. After all, if the afternoon showere occur today, we will see cooler temps later today.

Our solar panels are doing a fine job of keeping up with the refrigerator and other dc requirements during the day at anchor. Thus we do not have to run the generator unless we have a melt down. Tomorrow we head north for more of the ICW.