Decisions decisions. This weather window for Thursday is a short window yet quite inviting with very benign conditions across the Gulf Stream. I would like a longer window to give more options but it is what it is.
We would have left at 7am this morning but because of my vacillations we left at 8:30am for the 41+ miles to Hobe Sound for the night. It was TORTURE from the beginning. We had 13 to 17 kts on the nose and an adverse current from the start. We were only doing 5.4kts over ground. Should get better! Well it didn't. We reached Fort Pierce inlet near high tide and expected to see the current behind us but it actually got worse -- 4.9 kts. Then half way to St Lucie inlet we went to 5.6kts -- mainly because of 17+ kts of wind on he nose and worked our way across the inlet. More torture. Most of the ICW here was between 8 - 10 feet and we were 2 hours away from low tide. We just plugged along. Once across the inlet I had 6+ kts for 15 minutes then back down to 5.4 all the way to Hobe Sound. We had the anchor down at 4:15 pm which was a Very long day for about 41 miles.
Tomorrow it is only 13 miles to North Lake Worth but 6 bridges that we have to wait on. Three sort of on demand and 3 on the schedule of every 1/2 hour.
We have some buddy boats now. Chanceaux from New Bern and EXFLI from some place in TN -- friends of Chanceaux. We are anchored here in Hobe Sound which is next to Jupiter Island, FL -- the home of a Mega Millionaires! We will meet up in Lake Worth tomorrow and head for the Bahamas on Thursday morning assuming no changes to the forecast.
Lots to do tomorrow to Lake Worth. Have to stop for fuel, water, gas, and a pump out before anchoring in Lake Worth tomorrow night. That's in West Palm Beach Florida.
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