CODA : Arival in Lake Worth.
19 January 2025
North Lake Worth, Lake Worth, Florida
This is the Boat Beacon version of our current location. The lost tree club sounds interesting. All of the pink boats are powerboats. Sailboats are normally white (unless it's your own boat then you are a blue dot). We don't see any white boats (despite being anchored with a dozen sailboats) since none had AIS operating at the time.
Marc- We got an early start from Vero despite having dead batteries this morning. Our generator came to the rescue. I think the reason for the battery depletion is one faulty battery (we have six). I am not an electrician but understand that one bad cell can prevent the whole bank from operating.
We motor sailed down the Indian River to St. Lucie Inlet and then on to the Jupiter River and its inlet today. The water quality is nicer near the ocean inlets. Jupiter Inlet and its surrounding waterways have an extraordinary turquoise color. It is even better when you see several dolphins swimming alongside.
Jupiter Lighthouse from the ICW.
We went by many waterfront properties but the boat here is larger than the house (unless this is only the boat house and the mansion is set back on a hill).
This is definitely more appealing to us. We almost never see old boats. They are all shiny new fiberglass things.
We passed through at least 6 drawbridges today (this is called a bascule bridge). Bascule is a French term for a balance scale. With this type of a bridge, a counterweight continuously balances the span, requiring minimal effort to open or close the bridge.
We passed through the new US Route 1 Federal Bridge under construction. Note the fortress type design. Only one span was operating making this a tricky passage.
Last night's sunset at our Vero mooring.
We packed so much stuff inside the boat and now we are packing the outside (on deck so to speak).
We experienced some furler difficulties today in the gusty winds. The furler is the round drum at the bottom of this photo. Normally when you pull on the yellow line the sail rolls up sort of like a window shade. The Genoa sheets tied themselves up in knots. This was after 30 minutes of un-doing those knots. The yellow line also jumped off of the drum. Somehow the 30 knot wind gusts caused all this mayhem.
Stern view from our anchorage tonight.
Bow view tonight.
Sue: Not much to say. It was quite warm today, after ditching the down jackets only 2 days ago. We are pretty far South now, so I'd better get used to it. We are anchored tonight. The nearby Safe Harbor marina wants $236 to spend the night. I don't think so. We got here late, so probably wouldn't have gone ashore even if we could. Apparently we are not allowed to go ashore - the shore area has been fenced in - because this fancy city doesn't want people leaving their dinghies on shore. There were signs up as we entered the bay "This is not an authorized mooring field. No liveaboards allowed." We are transients, and are anchored, so we are allowed to be here.
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South Florida is not particularly welcoming to cruising sailboats unless you want to spend a ton of money. I have done my best to avoid it in the past.
Lake Worth was our jumping off place both times. Crossed to Lucaya in Grand Bahamas. At the north end of Lake Worth there was a place where dinghies tied up and walked to a grocery store and West Marine. But we knew the locals hated us. (There were a lot of derelict boat there.)
We also saw Tiger Woods yacht. And Mara Lago is on the ocean side to the south. We spent two weeks there in 2009 waiting for a window.
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