What a difference a day makes! We left the dock at Indiantown and made our way through the St Lucie Canal to the St Lucie Lock which is the last of the locks in the Okeechobee Waterway. We had to wait to go through the lock but once it opened we made it through with three sailboats. This lock lowered us thirteen feet to the level of the St Lucie River. Things this side of the lock are truly different in that there is far more civilization as we approach the east coast. We made our way around Stuart harbor and continued trough the waterway to Manatee Pocket where we anchored for the evening. We took the dingy to a dock and went for a walk with a couple from one of the sailboats that went through the lock with us. Later we went by dinghy to one of the waterside restuarants with them for dinner.
On the way into the Pocket anchorage we passed a marina and spotted another NP43 in one of the slips. After our walk this afternoon, Sue and I went for a ride in the dinghy and back to that marina and met the owner of the other boat. It turns out that he looked at our boat when it was being shown at the Annapolis Boat show but bought a new one instead. Sue and I are glad he did... As it turns out that he is a commercial pilot also. Small world.
We are about a mile or so before the intersection of the Atlantic Intra Coastal waterway. Tomorrow we will be heading south along the ICW towards Fort Lauderdale.
Y'all stay vertical,
Capt John and First Mate Sue
Just got caught up on your adventure -- we've had our own here with Wisconsin politics the past few days!
ReplyDeleteIt's great to hear how the trip is going and all that you are experiencing along the way. I liked the story about tipping the boat to get the mast through the bridge. I witnessed the tipping of a mast in Port Jeff. many years ago. I was so impressed by the way the captain planned it all out.
When would you estimate being due in Nags Head NC area? Early April? Cheers, Brendan
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