almost 8 hours northbound

Boat is now tied down at dock - we made it up The Ditch all the way from Boca Raton (anchorage) to North Lake Worth (N. Palm Beach). Gusty winds outside! Winds were gusting up to 25 knots as we worked our way up the ICW - fortunately, most of the trip was following a weather shore with the SW to W wind.
11 bridges in 33 miles up the ICW from Boca Raton to North Palm Beach [plus one that was high enough not to need an opening, and one that was gone]. We ended up waiting for several of these bridges. Our speed did not match the openings - at full speed, we would arrive less than 5 minutes late for the next bridge opening ["Piss. Moan. Piss Moan. repeat ..."] Circle, circle, circle - burn off another 25 minutes going nowhere. 
The Ilona got a lot of knitting done. Bobby got a lot of helm time. Auto took the day off - complained that the winds were too disGUSTing ... Saw two sailboats hard aground on shoals. Dinner at the Sand Piper in the Old Port Marina tonight.  But first: Rum aboard, then Happy Hour - 
hell, we earned it.

Why didn't we go outside and avoid the bridges? How about 7 foot seas and 25 knot winds - that a good enough excuse?

Ihana goes north - March 6, 2013

From here, it is all on the inside, and only 33 miles to Stuart! Should get there in a few days (we're staying put here for a couple of duff days) - in time for a visit from the Holderness's [Holdernesses? Holderness'? oh, well ...] We have a one-girl kayak, if they have the girl.

Flagler Museum, Palm Beach
Flagler's Winter Home, photo taken from OUR winter home

Another marina full of mega-yachts - in Palm Beach, FL
well, somebody got all the money ...