Anyway... We are now in Fort Lauderdale. Sunday 19 December. Had some cold mornings in Fort Pierce the last two weeks (near freezing) but the days were never lower than 55. Usually mid-60s.
With Carol still off at work I left Fort Pierce with Mike Guay and his friend Ted aboard. We motored to Stuart by way of the ICW so I could get generator work completed. While there a leaking exhaust riser was discovered so we are short one engine. We went offshore from St Lucie (Stuart) to Lake Worth which is the Palm Beach area. Big mistake. Head wind a seas and only one operating engine make for a long semi-miserable day. Arrived safely and my crew went home and Carol came home to the boat to rejoin the cruise.
We had a nice, fast, if somewhat boisterous sail to Fort Lauderdale. Boat speeds nearly got to 11 kts at times.
We are anchored in Lake Sylvia, Fort Lauderdale which is just a basin among the canals and expensive homes in the area. Pretty and protected. Tomorrow we head to Miami (offshore again) or really to the Key Biscayne - Dinner Key area. We'll wait there for Heather and Luca to join us for the holidays.
The key thing, no pun intended... No, really, is the word Key in our destinations or stops. As in THE Keys. We have arrived! Or will tomorrow.
It's going to be cool, only in the mid-70s, for a few days but with blue skies and bluer water.
Although we plan to go a little way up the west coast of Fla in January the Keys were our real destination and we are just 20 or so miles away. Just a few hours unless the other engine quits.
Can't wait.
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