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Date:Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:02:00 GMT
Palm Beach 2
The Search for Food
Today was a lazy day but in the afternoon we went looking for dinghy docks
and food or other supplies. After much online research and forum reading
and waterway guide and charts we couldn't find much of anything. There is a
dinghy beach by the north bridge but it's in a high crime area, There is 1
marina that will let you tie up for $16 for 3 hours to get supplies. There
is a public dock by downtown West Palm Beach and that is about it. The
anchorage is very crowded but nice with good depths and holding. There is
plenty of room but everything is very far away. This is not a neighborhood
that is kindly to cruising. I'm not sure how you could stay here for long
without staying at a marina. There is a Yacht club where you can join to
get access to a dinghy dock or laundry and showers, however we have not been
able to make that happen yet. Contact them well in advance. We are trying
to get reciprical privledges from our membership in Blackbeards.
We did dinghy the 3 miles to the town dock where there are resturants and
bars but it's a pretty long walk to a grocery store from there. You can
anchor infront of the town docks after passing through a draw bridge south
of the inlet.
On our way back we met the folks (AJ and his wife) on sv Happy Place and
Sailing Oblio (Eric) They are also on their way to the Keys in their
2000 Caliber 47 center cockpit! An amazingly beautiful boat!
We hope to see them again soon. They had just arrived just 30 min before we
got there. Eric had lost his dinghy.