It was time to start the next the leg of our journey. Another nor’easter would be coming through again soon which meant we needed to pull an overnighter to get further down the coastline. We started out just after daybreak and made our way back down the ICW to the inlet. Our next planned stop was going to be in Fort Pierce however as we checked the weather as we got closer to the Fort Pierce inlet, we made a decision to ditch our plans. As we aborted the entrance, I texted another boat that had left from Fort Pierce just before us. We had texted all night until they got to Fort Pierce and got anchored for the night. I let them know that we were not stopping and that we would be pushing on to West Palm Beach.
It was a long trip around Cape Canaveral however the sunset was magnificient.
Our new friends on Duet decided to pull anchor and eventually catch up with us on the journey on to West Palm Beach. We are pretty slow at sailing. This is due to the boat being loaded down with everything we would need to live off the grid for the next couple of months coupled with the fact that we don’t have a lot of experience trimming sails.
The sail was pretty uneventful until we got close to Juniper beach. Another boater reported a floating blue raft with immigrants paddling. It was not long before the coast guard was in the air and water apprehending the raft.
We arrived at the Lake Worth Inlet just before sunset. We had been here before in August, so we were familiar with the inlet and the lay of the land. It is always comforting when you know where you are going and a little bit about the channel. I had a couple of anchorage options available. Since we were kind of late coming into the anchorage, I decided it would be best for us to anchor across from the golf course.
We nailed the anchoring on the first try. Having a solid holding was going to be critical as we were expecting high winds yet again.
We had a few boats around us, but everyone was spaced out pretty well.
The only next things to do is take a nap.
