West Palm Again

Day 63 & 64
March 3 & 4, 2016
Thurs and Friday
Miami to West Palm

Day 63   3/3/16
Today began early with a trip to the dock to top off our water. We then headed out of Biscayne Bay into the Atlantic Ocean. We spent the day on comfortable seas in sunny warmth coming back inside at  Ft. Lauderdale  where we anchored for the night at Sunrise Bay.   We could see all the skyscrapers on shore a lot of the day which was awesome. You don't get the massiveness of the development when you are in it. The water off shore was such a deep aqua it was beautiful and it was nice not to be dodging  other boat and timing bridges.  Stricklands stayed inside where our mast would not let us be. 

Day 64   3/4/16
We left at the crack of daylight because we knew it would be a long day and we would be dealing with bridges all day. We went through 20 bridges today. Most were timed, a few were on demand. It was looking like rain in the afternoon but it never came. Once we were anchored in West Palm the wind picked up to 20kts.  The city anchorage and dinghy dock area was totally empty. This is not normal. Several boats were anchored across the ICW from the city anchorage. We went over there and dropped anchor then looked at Active Capt to see if it said anything about what was up with the city anchorage. Could not find any info so I called the water front West Palm tourist info center.  They did not have a clue why no boats were anchored where normally 10 to 20 are.  We still do not know what is going on. Maybe tomorrow we will find out. 

Stricklands were getting a vibration in there motor and stopped to have a diver check their propeller and shaft.  It was a coconut husk wrapped around the propeller. Took a few hours out of their day but good news. Could have been worse.  They are faster than us so they will catch up to us by dark so we will be together again.  

Tomorrow I want to go to the new Manatee Discovery center in northern West Palm then I am ready to move on unless we get a bad weather day.