Lake Worth, Palm Beach

The trip here was fairly bad, with 15 to 20 kn on the nose all the way. The high point was exiting the inlet making 9 kn before turning N, and later, entering Lakes Worth Inlet, because the hard part was done! Starting out, we got through Las Olas Bridge at 8:15a, then bolted to the 17th St bridge and made the 8:30a opening. Sweet!

At one point, I.had to stop and clear a line out of the Stb prop, which had started vibrating horribly. Fortunately, the piece of line came off easily with a single dive.

The forecast was low winds and low waves, but the last 15 nm we got 5-6 footers from the NE. With no bail-out inlets, it was keep going, or go back. So we kept going, although I had to throttle back the engines to prevent overheating. Something is blocking cooling water flow. A job for tomorrow.

We made the inlet at sundown, and entered the anchorage after dark. Fortunately, it was nearly empty, which is amazing - normally you don't have enough room to swing a cat! (Sorry!)En savoir plus