The so called Okeechobee waterway that crosses Florida is a routh from the Gulf to the Atlantic that avoids the Keys and about twenty five percent of lower Florida. It is a busy place certain times of the year. This is off season so it is not too busy now. The Atlantic terminus is the St. Lucie Inlet at Stuart, Florida. Yesterday, we motored up from Lake Worth, a distance of 29.5 nautical miles through some really beautiful areas. Some of the ditch was through several parks. The ditch intersects the outlet of the St. Lucie River and that intersection was lively. Forgetting the many boats heading out the inlet, the river flow was opposing the incomming tide. At times, in short order, we were fighting just to maintain course and speed. The trip up river was about five miles and opposing the tides, we could keep speed at abou t 3.5 knots near full throttle. We decided to take a slip, do laundry, get mail and do some prop research. The marina is Sunset Bay which has a huge mooring field in addition to slips. There are some really huge boats moored here and most have for sale signs on them. Hailing ports are from all over the US and the Caribbean.
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