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Palm Beach
Arrived Palm BeachThis 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.
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.