December 27, 2012-January 1, 2013 Thursday - the following Friday
It was time to leave Vero Beach, as we had been there for a week. We stopped at Causeway Island for an overnight anchorage. It was a beautiful day and a magical night. The next morning, we decided to try to push it (45nm) to North Palm Beach/North Lake Worth. People in Vero Beach had warned us not to travel on the ICW on weekends as we got further south. It was a Friday and we thought we might be up to what ever we would encounter. We had to open several bridges, and boat traffic was outrageous. Not only was the traffic high big, fast and powerful motor boats came right toward us and behind us at full speed! Often times they would pass within just a couple of feet of "Chasseur" with water splashing into our cockpit! It was a long and stressful run. When we arrived at North Lake Worth we decided to take a slip and rest up. We had no plan to depart on a holiday weekend! The Old Port Cove Marina was brand spanking new, with "state of the art" docks and facilities. The dock master had to put "Chasseur" on the mega yacht dock because of her deep draft. It was shocking....the yachts were so big that "Chasseur" looked like a peanut. Suzanne felt like she was in the Land of the Giants walking the dock, expecting giant people to come out of the these gigantic boats. We stayed here through New Year's Day. "Chasseur" received a super cleaning inside and out, ready for her next leg. We hope to be in Marathon Key within a week, weather cooperating. It is so wonderful to have our hatches wide open and warm sea breezes lulling us to sleep these nights.
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| Friends following us into Causeway Island anchorage |
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| Sunset in Causeway Island |
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| Moon rise, Causeway Island |
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| Causeway Island evening |
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| Jupiter Island Lighthouse |
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| Shiny anchor above Suzanne's head, Land of the Giants |
Hi Guys! Nice pics. We spent a couple days on the Mega Dock in Charleston, SC. One of the boats near us was a 126 Foot Ketch mega-yacht "Timoneer". http://www.timoneer.org/
ReplyDeleteI think they could have picked us up and set us across their beam.
As for your comment about the ICW on the weekends; We're hopeful that we'll catch up with you and maybe we can buddy-boat a few short outside hops around to Marathon and beyond.