Today we finished our adventure for the first part of this year. Over 3000 miles and 9 months, Duluth MN to Indiantown FL. Very windy in the morning, lots of current (half tide and rising - yes!), as we left Stuart (and our buddy boat) and motored up the Okeechobee Waterway.
Half way up, we passed through the St. Lucie Lock. Then: Fresh water! No tide! No current! Flat water. Easy day now - even Auto had no trouble at the helm.
We are now at the marina facedock. Starting to summerize the boat; haulout probably on Friday for the hot months down here in Florida. Everything is a mess - some stuff stays on the boat. Some goes into climate-controlled storage. Some comes back to Minnesota with us (some to stay there, some comes back south with us in the Fall). Some (not much) into the trash.
Only a few days, or less, for sorting, storing, cleaning, engine and other boat maintenance, boat cover, haulout, etc. Too busy. It is sad to leave Ihana - but we will be back here, probably in November. Then - the Bahamas. More time with our buddy boat. And ... [TBD].
Today's boating adventure:
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| AIS track, 27 March 2013 |
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approaching the first bridge past Stuart
on the Okeechobee Waterway |
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Bridge clearance: 54 feet
Our air draft: 51 feet
Clearance: 3 feet |
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| along the Okeechobee Waterway |
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| Fresh water, no tide, no current |
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