This morning we left Ft. Pierce at 5am local and arrived at Palm Beach at
16:30. It was dark as we pulled up anchor and started navigating the lights
to the inlet. Coming from the north on the ICW the reds and greens are
backwards. It's red on the right leaving. Once in the turning basin we
headed for the inlet. Hannah was on the bow keeping an eye on the bouys
helping me find them in the dark. As we neared the Jetty's there is a
double flashing green on our port side that was NOT a channel marker but it
was very confusing and very shallow, you don't want to pass it on the wrong
side. The tide was going out and the wind was from the north so the inlet
was calm. After we got out about 2 miles or so we turned south about 165
and unfurrled the Genoa and the raised the mizzen. We did about 4 1/2 knots
and ate breakfast till sunrise when I hoisted the main and we went wing and wing the rest of
the way. The wind was steady from our stern and with 15 knots of wind we
were going 5.5-6.5 knots.
Wing and Wing
It was weird being so close to land and as we made
it closer to Palm Beach we got closer and closer to land finally being only
about 1/2 mile off shore. We could see people surf parasailing and wave
running. about 5 miles from the inlet a storm started brewing just like
windy predicted, and we used the opportunity to reef the main just in case.
It blew it's self out pretty quick but we didn't bother to un-reef it.
Near the inlet we were followed by a whole bunch of dolphins including many
babys. They were swimming together, jumping, and racing the boat all the
way the last few miles. They were really cool!
As we came into the inlet with the sails put away under power it started
raining lightly and we anchored just inside the inlet on the south west
anchorage in the rain in 10 feet of water. The lights of Palm Beach are
pretty at night.
We had dinner with our friends from Moral Compass and now it's time for bed.
We got lots of good video which we are working on for the youtube channel.
Nite nite.